Letters - 2016 - Page 6

"Get the Hell Out of Here!"

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This is how Sue greeted me. A fiercely proud lady in her 60s, with a very aggressive brain cancer that has left her confined to a wheelchair and dependent on others for all of her care...

Fear Overcome

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The week before I left for the New York Encounter, I received a phone call from one of the top organizations in my field for an interview. I was alarmed by the fact that in front of this opportunity my reaction was that of fear instead of gratitude...

Beauty Within the Broomfield Beauty

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A witness on the newly established house in Broomfield, Colorado by Sister Elena and MariaAnna- two Missionary Sisters of Saint Charles Borromeo...

Well Read Mom

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“Go deeper into the origin of how Well Read Mom began or you risk becoming possessive of what is being given.” Fr. Jose' advised me when I asked him if we should consider changing the name to Well Read Woman...

Companionship Among Us

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Despite our desire to be at the New York Encounter, when my wife and I seriously considered the possibility last fall, the logistics seemed to prevent the possibility of going...

CLU in Texas

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While in high school Giulia was active in GS, and when she came to Houston she and three others started the CLU...

A Sign of Faith amid the "Xerox Years"

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Thank you for the pilgrimage. It stopped my deadened time and passage of days by interrupting it with something beautiful and unexpected...

A Little Box on the Table

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Yesterday I was so happy to attend the First Holy Communion of my little friend Joey, in the hills of the Silicon Valley. Following the mass, there was a celebration for him and three other little friends--Lucia, Giacomo, and Gabriela...

The Middle East in Texas

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I remember my awe at a faith that can save all things. A faith that turns our eyes away from nothing, but proclaims God’s name in all things...

Never too old to Be Surprised

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I have to write something about what happened in October when I fractured my leg. I was under a doctor's orders to be non-weightbearing for 4-6 weeks...

Little World. Minimal Stuff. Experience.

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This year at the New York Encounter I volunteered as a guide for the beautiful exhibit on Guareschi and Jannacci: Little World. Minimal Stuff...

Bookends

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The beginning of this year's, New York Encounter, our annual three-day cultural event, was marked with the death of Sr. Marilyn Fenton, an 83-year-old Sister of Mercy who met our companionship through Fr. Rich Veras...

In Front of Something Beautiful

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Sometimes I live without newness. I do try to respond to what life asks from me, I do try to be generous and attentive, and yet it’s like reality has nothing new to tell me...

"Whose Sound is Unity..."

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As I sit here on the airplane, on my return flight back to Miami, I have many thoughts going through my mind...

Verification

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The Burmese in Sioux Falls have verified they too are dependent and become "aware of God." The students with good grades and poor grades both pray. One says, "thank you God" the other says, "Lord, not again!" Both have become aware of Him!

Being Called

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It was the day after the Spiritual Execercises with Father Roberto that I felt personally called to follow Him by Father Roberto's talk. It was Sunday morning and I woke up later than usual...

My Patient, My Teacher

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I’d like to share an experience I had this past year in my medical practice, of a beautiful encounter with a patient who came to see me in my eye clinic...