I was not thrilled to be at church yesterday morning at 8:15 to prepare for Mass.
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I was asked to write an article for The Sentinel, regarding how I have remained in Christ’s Peace while going blind from Macular Degeneration.
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As most of you know, each of us is given our own Guardian Angel from birth to help us on our journey to Heaven.
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“Blessed be the God and Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ, who, in His
great love for us, has brought us to a new birth.” (1Peter 1:3)
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It was in 1985, Dean was in the Army and started having MS symptoms.
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These words express the memories imprinted on my soul from the minute of my life I terrifyingly looked at it leaving me,
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My Christian name is Mary Minnie Abigail Alejandro Agdeppa. Quite a mouthful, I know.
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How’s that for Prayer Power!
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My Father was diagnosed with Alzeimer's disease in Febraury 2017 at the age of 88 years .
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One of God’s miracles in my life is the gift of my sobriety.
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In 2007, my MRI showed I had a bain tumor in my crebellum . . .
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My first Pentecost, what an interesting day! . . .
It was a warm May Day. I was four years old. I remember my mother dressed me and my sister in our best church clothes. My dad wore a suit instead of his usual overalls. My mother put on a hat. The baby was fussy in her dress. We went to this big building and stood on a stage with a man dressed funny. He put water on all of our heads, and then he put water on the baby which made her cry and have one of her tantrums. Someone took a picture of us. That was the day I was baptized into the family of God.
My friend, Paula Gillespie, and I were having coffee after mass at Sacred Heart in Newport in 1978. She asked, “How would you like to attend a Marriage Encounter Weekend?”
1983 - we helped our youngest son, Clifford, bury his first wife.
1995, we helped Clifford bury his second wife.
2007, we buried our daughter. Read more . . .
It was April 2017 and our first time at the Abbey. There were only a few people at the evening compline service. We entered the sanctuary in reverence and awe at its beauty. I love the aroma of the Lord. We felt God's presence. Read more . . . .
My name is Susan Swander; I’m a 70-year-old who lives in Waldport, Oregon. This is the story of my 3 abortions and my healing from Post-Abortion Trauma. Read More . . .