By Patti Dansereau — Jul 6, 2015 2:28am Rule #1: Do not put myself in the position of being overtired. Rule #2 Never break rule #1. As a general rule, breaking rule #1 is usually a direct result of the need of one of the children, mostly Zoe, trumping my need for sleep. Well last nightContinue reading “Not a good idea to break rule #1”
Category Archives: Suffering
Jairus’s daughter
By Patti Dansereau — Jun 29, 2015 6:27pm Yesterday at Mass the Gospel reading was the raising of Jairus’ daughter. I confess that I had a hard time with holding it all together and not delving into my usual questioning of God as to why. But during Father’s homily I didn’t succeed and I cried out and askContinue reading “Jairus’s daughter”
Salvifici Doloris (On the Christian Meaning of Human Suffering)
By Patti Dansereau — May 23, 2015 7:59pm To begin to understand why I found this Apostolic letter so exciting I first have to admit that up to now I had a very childish understanding of redemptive suffering. I also had a skewed idea of suffering in general and what suffering I was suppose to offer up andContinue reading “Salvifici Doloris (On the Christian Meaning of Human Suffering)”
An answer I wasn’t exactly looking for!
By Patti Dansereau — May 9, 2015 2:51am Over the last few weeks I’ve been trying to read Peter Kreeft’s book “Making Sense Out of Suffering” but the ‘journey’ (as he liked to refer to it I think) was taking too long. I was only on chapter five “Seven Clues from the Artists” when IContinue reading “An answer I wasn’t exactly looking for!”
Journey With Jesus Children's Book 