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Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. 2 Corinthians 5:17 I had barely stopped to breath in days. My agenda was full. I had things that needed to be done and I chipped away at one after the other. By the time Monday evening rolled around, I was shoving food in my mouth before heading out the door for a meeting. The day was so busy, I even had unanswered texts, something I never had. I scrolled through and quickly replied. I read one text that encouraged me to go outside and see the sunset, looking to my window, I realized it was now pitch black outside. I'd missed it. I grabbed my things for the meeting and headed on my way. Instantly, as I pulled out of the driveway I was almost startled by the object I saw. There floating over the housetops was the biggest version of the moon I had ever seen. I had to glance again, afraid maybe I was seeing things. Yes, that gigantic and marvelous circle, was definit...

His mother said to the servers, “Do whatever he tells you." John 2:5 A beautiful Saturday morning, a simple moment in the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and before my eyes, God was moving. Rolling out of bed, my mind barely awake, we made it to Mass and listened tentatively to the readings on turning to God for mercy and taking example from His strength in the face of temptation and trial. We walked our way to the lines for confession and realized, perhaps, God was truly speaking to us in those readings. For the first time in a while, I truly opened my heart up to the sacrament. I confessed in detail the things I've struggled with and received some beautiful words of wisdom in return. And as I was asked to reflect on my favorite Bible story, I almost laughed, thinking there would be no connection with my own life. How do I fit into the wedding at Cana? I made my way to the pew nevertheless, and knelt down to pray and reflect. My elbows hit the wood in front of me and I bo...

"Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." -Shawshank Redemption I've been laying in bed for four days. On Thursday I had a minor surgery that has left me sore and weak and resting until I recover. It's pretty crazy how many times you can play solitaire in a day. I've flipped through multiple magazines, watched movies, and slept a lot. But I have to say, in these circumstances, I'm a horrible patient. I'm the person, who while my body is saying stay in bed and rest, my mind is saying get up and do something. Unfortunately, I've learned that the body does have some say in these matters. And while my body is not willing, my soul is getting restless. And my thoughts keep turning to the phrase mind over matter. We all live in bodies that physically limit us in some way. We can't exist under water forever or fly to the sun or lift something that is beyond our ability. And so we know those limits t...