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Marcia Morrissey

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"Marcia Morrissey is a wife, mother, and grandmother living in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. She grew up in Southern California, where attended CSU Long Beach and later trained as a Montessori Teacher in San Diego. Despite losing her sight in her early 20's, she has continued to work with children, on and off, ever since. Her husband, Ed, is a writer for hotair.com, and does a daily internet talk show as well as the Northern Alliance Radio program on AM 1280 The Patriot on Saturday afternoons. She and Ed are the president couple of Twin Cities Marriage Encounter, and have been a team couple since 1999. They are blessed with a son, a daughter-in-law and two sweet grandchildren.

Works by Marcia Morrissey

Faith, Marriage, and the Holy Communion

Marcia Morrissey | May 24, 2012

Marcia Morrissey writes about her husband's first experience as an Extraordinary......

Eucharist Among the Brambles

Marcia Morrissey | May 10, 2012

Vines and branches, bread and wine, prayers and processes amid the Body of Christ....

Keep Laughing, Keep Listening, Keep Loving

Marcia Morrissey | April 26, 2012

When you are blind, news that your hearing is going away is an invitation to rely more......

The Reunion Awaits

Marcia Morrissey | April 19, 2012

Age and illness make us aware of how life will end. But the end is just a beginning....

Good Friday: Life Is not Fair

Marcia Morrissey | April 05, 2012

So often our challenges seem disproportionate and "unfair." But what is asked of us in......

Modeling the Gospel Way

Marcia Morrissey | March 15, 2012

We best teach our kids the Gospel when we allow them to witness just how much their own......

The Conscience and the Examen

Marcia Morrissey | February 03, 2012

Recent decisions in Washington have pundits and clergy talking about the "conscience."......

Serving Life Is Serving Love

Marcia Morrissey | January 20, 2012

Being pro-life is not about being judgmental. It is about being compassionate....

Bringing Our Own Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh

Marcia Morrissey | January 06, 2012

I resolved to ask myself every morning what gifts can I bring to Him in my life today?...

The "Mary" Prayer that Points to Jesus

Marcia Morrissey | December 16, 2011

The Mysteries of the Rosary bring our meditations into profound intimacy with the life......

The Light of the World Is Coming

Marcia Morrissey | December 09, 2011

How we are inviting the light of Christ to shine on our family during Advent....

Ten Steps to a Better Thanksgiving

Marcia Morrissey | November 23, 2011

Feeling like you can't find anything to be thankful for this Thanksgiving? Here's how to......

Prayer Before Battle in the Leyte Gulf

Marcia Morrissey | November 11, 2011

Told "you're on your own" in the face of enemy power, some Navy seamen turned to prayer......

The Toxic Haunting

Marcia Morrissey | October 27, 2011

There's nothing fun about voices that seem to come at you out of thin air....

Manna from Minnesota: Feed My Starving Children

Marcia Morrissey | October 13, 2011

Packing specially formulated food meant to save the lives of starving children, a......

The Battle for Life Goes On

Marcia Morrissey | October 06, 2011

As abortion clinic workers leave the abortion industry "at an astronomical pace," and......

To Sit in the Breeze of an Autumn Day

Marcia Morrissey | September 29, 2011

The Holy Spirit moves like a breeze in the leaves and calls us to find ways to serve Him......

Signs and Serendipity

Marcia Morrissey | September 22, 2011

A chance encounter reminds us that God prepares us for many things, if we're paying......

Memory and the Twelfth of Never

Marcia Morrissey | September 08, 2011

A weekend of mourning reminds us that love lives on in the hearts of those who remain,......

Bl. Teresa: A Light in Darkness, Shining Bright

Marcia Morrissey | September 01, 2011

Decades of spiritual dryness did not stop Mother Teresa from believing and moving......

Strangers on a Chain

Marcia Morrissey | August 25, 2011

After years of medical challenges and fears, a family gathers together with the......

Triumph and Trust at Ground Zero

Marcia Morrissey | August 18, 2011

As the dreadful anniversary approaches, recalling the 9/11 heroism of a Guide Dog, named......

Breivik's Distorted "Agnostic Christianity"

Marcia Morrissey | July 28, 2011

Anders Behring Breivik wants to justify his chaotic evil with a mad idea of "cultural"......

Transition: Closed Doors and New Openings

Marcia Morrissey | July 21, 2011

Economic hard times and unemployment sometimes force our hands and send us where we......

Forgiveness Brings Healing Like Nothing Else

Marcia Morrissey | July 14, 2011

Your forgiveness costs nothing but the pain you've been holding on to and letting own......

Giving Charity, Giving Respect

Marcia Morrissey | July 07, 2011

Help isn't always easy to accept, especially if you're the self-reliant type....

A Capital Fourth of July

Marcia Morrissey | June 30, 2011

Touring Washington, D.C., is a reminder that our liberties were won through continual......

Being There: It's Enough

Marcia Morrissey | June 23, 2011

Sometimes the most valuable and life-changing gift you can give anyone is the right......

Communication or a Reasonable Facsimile?

Marcia Morrissey | June 16, 2011

We are surrounded by a moveable feast of fast, portable communications devices, but are......

Breathe!: The Holy Spirit Moves on the Air

Marcia Morrissey | June 09, 2011

At Pentecost, Christ breathed on the apostles and they received the Holy Spirit. Like......

The Mission Is Down Here, In Your Life!

Marcia Morrissey | June 02, 2011

Jesus may have ascended, but the mission is down here, where you are and suited to your......

In Busy Rome, Quiet Time with God

Marcia Morrissey | May 26, 2011

While the Eternal City was packed with pilgrims, the writer found God in the music of......

Everyday Rapture

Marcia Morrissey | May 19, 2011

Some are convinced that The Rapture will occur on May 21, 2011. But days and hours are......

The Beatification: Intimacy Amid the Millions

Marcia Morrissey | May 12, 2011

Participating in a ceremony involving millions, an intimate little "chapel" of faith......

Divine Mercy and the God Who Suffers

Marcia Morrissey | April 28, 2011

A faith journey in a moment of crisis finds consolation, understanding and wonder in the......

The Easter Sunrise of My New Life

Marcia Morrissey | April 21, 2011

Imagine waking up in time to see the sunrise at Easter, and receiving the news of your......

Palm Sunday: Looking at Jesus and Mary and Ourselves

Marcia Morrissey | April 14, 2011

A childhood fascination with the suffering images of Jesus and his mother, Mary, feeds......

Anchored in Trust, Say Yes to the Tide

Marcia Morrissey | April 07, 2011

Our destination is the eternal shoreline where we drop anchor to land safely -- our......

Walnuts and Rice: Prayer in Real Life

Marcia Morrissey | March 31, 2011

Prayer is the easiest part of multi-tasking, and the most portable of chapels. Just......

Alms Are the Arms of Christ

Marcia Morrissey | March 24, 2011

Whether our alms are checks, or meals, or vital organs, or prayers our reaching out is......

Scraping Away Repression to Find Spilled Blood

Marcia Morrissey | March 18, 2011

A spiritual pilgrimage to Russia teaches us about restoration, forgiveness, redemption,......

Lenten Spring: New Growth in the Son

Marcia Morrissey | March 11, 2011

Lenten meditation helps us to understand God and ourselves, and to accrue new and better......

Sufficient Grace; Medicine for Hope

Marcia Morrissey | March 04, 2011

"Super Blind Woman" is an amusing thought, but in truth, a slow, steady attentiveness......

Times, Seasons, and the Choreography of Transition

Marcia Morrissey | February 25, 2011

God's exquisite timing and promise seen through the song of a bird and the last beat of......

God's Open Secret

Marcia Morrissey | February 18, 2011

Even when we have been hurt, and have been made vulnerable, even when what lies before......

Broken and Mended on Valentine's Day

Marcia Morrissey | February 11, 2011

Heart calls to Heart on Valentine's Day, and what is broken becomes healed....

Hoist that Lantern; Shake that Salt!

Marcia Morrissey | February 04, 2011

It's easy to be merciful to those we love, but we're called to be salt shakers and......

Body and Blood: Christ, the Universal Recipient

Marcia Morrissey | January 28, 2011

Pondering the Holy Eucharist, and how Jesus was never more misunderstood than when he......

The Insidious Blip of Abortion

Marcia Morrissey | January 21, 2011

The rhetoric of abortion creates an insidious blip in the consciousness of women facing......

From Life, Through Death, To Life

Marcia Morrissey | January 14, 2011

Since my near-death experience, I know without a doubt that what awaits those who......

The Lord of All Our Trying

Marcia Morrissey | January 07, 2011

The Lord doesn't ask me to be a wine maker, just His obedient servant, trusting Him, and......

Switching Gears as Christmas Nears

Marcia Morrissey | December 16, 2010

Advent is like a pregnancy: toward its end there is that flurry of movement, and then .......

Less Later, More Now!

Marcia Morrissey | December 10, 2010

The Lord is our hope -- He is the source of our joy, even when things may not be exactly......

Preparing a Place for Others

Marcia Morrissey | December 03, 2010

With all the Christmas gift buying, and commercial craziness of this time of year it is......

Give Thanks in All Circumstances

Marcia Morrissey | November 26, 2010

It seems like God has used the hardest experiences in my life to bring me the greatest......

The Sighted Guide

Marcia Morrissey | November 19, 2010

I let go, and give this to you. If you can use me as a blind person, then here I am.......

What Does God Really Look Like?

Marcia Morrissey | November 03, 2010

I really don't have to know what God really looks like now. I know, love, and have an......

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