Posted April 13, 2020 in Sacred Stories

Breath of Christ

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Divorce was looming in his future. It was a rough time in his life.

Dreaming one night, he had a vision of Christ.

Calling him by name, Christ offered him blessed assurance, “Everything is going to be alright.”

In the dream, Christ blew into his face.

Waking from […]

Posted April 13, 2020 in Sacred Stories

A Godfather’s Visit

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He was a young man when his godfather passed.

The young man worked a 3-11 shift, and about 12 or 12:30 he crawled into bed.

He felt the weight of a man sit down at the edge of his bed and he felt a touch on his leg.

The […]

Posted March 23, 2020 in Sacred Stories

We “Need” Nothing

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Safe sheltering due to COVID-19, a text message came from a friend who would be going to the grocery store.

“Do you need anything?” was the offer.

“We NEED nothing,” was the honest response.”We would welcome a dozen eggs if those are available. We would welcome a pound of butter […]

Posted March 23, 2020 in Sacred Stories

Essential Pruning

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Posted by a Florida snowbird:

We only rent here in Florida, but we vowed eight years ago to treat it as if it is our own.

But—when it comes to the plants—I never felt like it was my job to prune someone else’s flowers. (Our owners living right next door […]

Posted March 23, 2020 in Sacred Stories

1,000 Pounds of Food

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The headline read: Restaurant Gives Employees 1,000 Pounds of Food!

The owner saw the writing on the wall.

His family in Italy warned him. They said it would get worse, much worse, and it has. They told him to stay safe, to limit his contact with people, to keep his […]

Posted March 22, 2020 in Sacred Stories

N-95

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A text came from a Michigan friend, also wintering in Florida. Everyone is navigating the COVID-19 pandemic.

“BTW – Any connections locally for finding a mask for an ailing friend-of-a-friend who needs to fly home next week?”

She asked her husband if he had seen a mask in the shed […]

Posted March 21, 2020 in Sacred Stories

Flowers 50% Off

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This “Sacred Story” is shared with permission from Facebook:

Yesterday upon entering the grocery store, I was left speechless as my eyes took in the barren shelves of produce. Not one tomato, not one onion, not one…a lot of things! Granted, my first choice was to retreat to a place of […]

Posted March 21, 2020 in Sacred Stories

Birthday Photos

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The daughter of her mom’s friend sent some old photos. In one of the photos were her mom, her dad, and her sister, along with the woman who sent the photos and that woman’s brother. The second photo was a more recent photo of her mom’s friend, who had transitioned April […]

Posted March 20, 2020 in Sacred Stories

The Carriage House

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She had collected match books for aeons. Some of them she does not remember where they came from, and most of them she actually cares nothing about at all any more. She will use them to light a candle every once in a while. She keeps some of them in a […]

Posted March 19, 2020 in Sacred Stories

Slow-Lee

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She had been very recently widowed, now navigating her life without her husband of many decades. Responsibilities which had been shared by two, now sat on her shoulders, including tending to a new will.

And now she was really feeling ALONE with all of her normal outside activities cancelled to help […]