Everyone experiences personal difficulties at some point, times of heavy crosses we must carry for a short time or all our lives.
Tag: Julianne
Approach the Triduum with childlike wonder
On my nephew’s birthday long ago, when I was sleeping over at my sister’s house, I was awakened by my wide-eyed nephew tearing through the house.
Only Jesus can show us how to carry our crosses
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“Look!” my husband said proudly one evening. “I fixed it for you!”
He held up my favorite handheld kitchen tool, the stainless-steel pastry cutter, and pulled on it to illustrate that he had fixed its broken handle.
To his dismay, the handle pulled apart in his hand.
First spiritual steps: Humility, prayer, surrender
It’s a scene I’ll never forget: my one-year-old son taking his first steps, placing one foot uncertainly in front of the other, arms outstretched toward my hands, eyes wide open in wonder, and a big awe-struck smile on his upturned face.
As he closed the gap between us and finally grasped my hand, I swooped him up in a bear hug, and we all cheered for him. Amazingly, after months of crawling and pulling up and falling and getting up again, my baby had learned to walk.
Sr. Elizabeth Toohey, OP, dies
SINSINAWA — Sister Elizabeth Toohey, OP, died Jan. 3, 2021, at her home in Richfield, Minn. Her religious name was Sister Julianne. Natural burial took place Jan. 6 in the Motherhouse Cemetery, Sinsinawa.
Searching for, finding God all around us
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We have been watching old family videos lately from when our children were very young.
“I’m so grateful we have these videos,” I told my husband, “because there is so much I don’t remember from those chaotic years.”Connection between souls amidst a tattered world
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All masked up, my family and I sat 12 feet away from my elderly parents outside their apartment. Sitting side by side, my parents looked out at us from behind the screened porch.
They clasped hands, as always, embracing the odd state of the world — not knowing what the future would hold — but content to be facing it together, just as they had faced all things in their 63 years of married life.Being thankful in a time our hearts are not
November is traditionally […]
Put God first and the rest will follow
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My family and I are embarking on a new journey this fall. It involves books and time and patience and togetherness — lots and lots of each.
This new journey is homeschooling.Explaining the world while protecting childhood
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When my son’s loose front tooth popped out after weeks of wiggling it back and forth, he and I were both still surprised.
He had been just resting on the couch, chewing gum.