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I am excited about life right now, in the midst of the heavy economic, health-related, housing, and educational issues (just to name a few), because I firmly believe that times like this encourage innovation. When one’s back is against the wall, there is no choice but to think and develop and implement new ideas and [...]

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“You have to find a mother inside yourself. We all do. Even if we already have a mother, we still have to find this part of ourselves inside….You don’t have to put your hand on Mary’s heart to get strength and consolation and rescue, and all the other things we need to get through life — you can place it right here on your own heart. Your own heart….All those times your father treated you mean, Our Lady was the voice in you that said, ‘No, I will not bow down to this. I am Lily Melissa Owens, I will not bow down.’ Whether you could hear this voice or not, she was in there saying it….When you’re unsure of yourself, when you start pulling back into doubt and small living, she’s the one inside saying, ‘Get up from there and live like the glorious girl you are.’….She’s the power inside you, you understand?….And whatever it is that keeps widening your heart, that’s Mary, too, not only the power inside you but the love….And when you get down to it, Lily, that’s the only purpose grand enough for a human life….Not just to love, but to persist in love….This Mary I’m talking about sits in your heart all day long, saying, ‘Lily, you are my everlasting home. Don’t you ever be afraid. I am enough. We are enough….”

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Barack Obama’s phenomenal campaign which has been run completely on his faith in himself, his loved ones, and our faith in him truly hit home with me last night while watching his 30 minute “infomercial”.
You see, I have been an avid supporter of Senator Barack Obama’s since the summer of 2007. And I am SO [...]

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I have not written in a while now…a lot of ideas, concepts, experiences swimming around in my head. And in the midst of all of it, I find it easier to come back to myself. 
It is getting easier and easier for me to come back to myself…to remind myself to find quiet time for myself…to [...]

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God only gives us what we are ready for…although sometimes we don’t understand because we cannot see through the pain. But if we just open our eyes to look for the lesson, we realize that we are not only capable to deal with the situation, we are more than prepared with God’s love holding us [...]

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I am saved by God’s grace.
I am here right now because of God’s mercy and because of God’s grace. Mercy is when we are spared from receiving what we should receive and grace is when we are given what we do not deserve. And I am grateful that God has extended both of these to [...]

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so this morning, I awoke at 7am and I was in a terrible mood….I was upset because I had passed out before I could wash my hair, I knew I was going to be running late to get my hair done, I felt so tired and as if I had had no rest all weekend, [...]

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