Mother's Day ~ a day to celebrate life, a day to celebrate Mothers!

This day may bring mixed emotions for many.

Maybe, it is approached with unfulfilled expectations, sorrow over past mistakes, but also joy in the present.
The could haves and should haves linger in our mind.

It is best said in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, "Perhaps he might have spent the rest of his life in weeping over this one fault; perhaps he might have made this one sin the subject of constant repentance; he might like Magdalen, like Augustine, have made the memory of this fault a motive for more fervent love."

We can let go of the could haves and should haves to embrace the future with faith, hope and love!

"This is the day the Lord has made let us rejoice and be glad in it."  Psalm 118:24

Happy Mother's Day!

Tracy


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The Truth Will Set You Free: A Lenten Prayer

When I saw the precious feet for the first time I knew I needed to do something.  Those tiny little feet the size and shape of a baby in utero at ten weeks amazed me.  "This is the truth", I thought.

How could I not have known this and how many others are unaware of this I wondered.  I began wearing the precious feet with hope that I'd be asked about them.  Not everyone liked my response.  I would simply answer with the truth, "These feet are the size of a baby in utero at ten weeks".

The truth is not always easy to accept, but as Jesus states in John 8:32, "The truth shall set you free".  It is when deception is revealed and truth proclaimed that light will shine into the dark.

           A Lenten Prayer

"Help us to embrace the world you have given us, that we may transform the darkness of its pain into the life and joy of Easter.  Grant this through Christ our Lord."  Amen

May this be our prayer throughout the year, Happy Easter!

Believe,
Tracy

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