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2024-09-28T14:14:58-04:00

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What God does NOT promise

Last updated on: September 28, 2024 at 2:14 pm By Sherry Antonetti

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Our God is Love. God promises us His love, every day and always. However, in our fallen state, we constantly construe His love to mean what we want. God does not promise us a life without trial. –See Moses, King David, Joseph and his brothers, all of Exodus, all of history. He does not guarantee that a faithful life will be uninterrupted by evil. Go read the story of Susanna, of Ruth, the Book of Tobit, or the Holy Family’s... Read more

2024-09-20T00:37:41-04:00

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Who Should We Not Love?

Last updated on: September 20, 2024 at 12:37 am By Sherry Antonetti

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When you read Saint Paul, a week after reading Saint James, you should feel convicted. We all know, we’re not patient, and we’re not kind. Love does not envy but we do. Do we put on airs? Yes. Do we boast? Are we proud? Yes. Unfortunately so. We self-seek, we are prone to anger and keep a running tally of wrongs. As a society, we cherish revenge and come uppances, and karma, hoping that the universe will inflict what we... Read more

2024-09-12T22:49:22-04:00

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I Need to Hear This

Last updated on: September 12, 2024 at 10:49 pm By Sherry Antonetti

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A current meme starts with “I don’t know who needs to hear this…” and then says something. I’m going to use my little corner of the internet to say something. Our country, we’re responsible, but we don’t got this. We don’t got whatever it is that needs getting. We’re not sure what it is we have, except we know one thing. This country? It’s a mess. Everywhere we look, the messes pile upon each other. All the systems and institutions... Read more

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2024-09-05T23:09:37-04:00

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Can’t Teach What You Don’t Do and Don’t Love

Last updated on: September 5, 2024 at 11:09 pm By Sherry Antonetti

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It’s not entirely true. One can learn a discipline and convey it to others, but if you want to convey love of the thing, you must love it yourself. So people who do not love the faith can teach the tenets but because they do not love the One who is the essence of our faith, there will be something amiss. The lack of passion comes through, just as surely as the passion for a thing is inescapable. When a... Read more

2024-08-30T00:40:32-04:00

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Praying, Hoping, and not Worrying

Last updated on: August 30, 2024 at 12:40 am By Sherry Antonetti

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“Easy for you to say God.” my brain things. You know already the outcome. However, for all of us in the Church Militant, the worries of this world, they can crowd out the spiritual life. There isn’t enough time for everything, which means we should recognize when we reprioritize away from God. It’s so easy. We put it on the list and let it drift through the day. I’ve had this happen enough times to know, if I don’t jump... Read more

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2024-08-26T21:36:55-04:00

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The Necessity of Prayer

Last updated on: August 26, 2024 at 9:36 pm By Sherry Antonetti

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Today, I hopped on Facebook and saw on two different pages, hearts rendered by pain. They needed prayer, and neither was exactly asking for it. I thought back to two years ago when I decided there would always be food in my classroom because a student ate poptarts and ran away for two days. I knew the last food I knew he ate, was from my room. I used to type, “May I pray with you today?” and the petitions... Read more

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2024-08-22T23:49:21-04:00

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Summer 2006 from My Journal

Last updated on: August 22, 2024 at 11:49 pm By Sherry Antonetti

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We’re nearing the end of Summer. Do you feel like you flunked? Did you not go white water rafting or read Joyce? I got to August and said wait, I’ve not done enough time by and in the pool to be ready for school. Likewise, I’m prepping to teach Creative Writing starting next week. Am I ready? No. Am I excited? Yes. We spent the evening with seven of our children, over at our daughter’s apartment eating pizza. It... Read more

2024-08-20T07:37:56-04:00

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Full of Light, Hope and Promise

Last updated on: August 20, 2024 at 7:37 am By Sherry Antonetti

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Today, we packed off our seventh. We’ve done this before, but now it feels closer to the close, when we won’t be doing this. This child was always one of the “youngers” or “littles” as we called them. Putting all her things away, we wanted to fill the room, to take away all the struggles we could. There were some struggles we could not evade, like the hard reality of living in a city where the struggling walk the streets... Read more

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2024-08-18T13:29:47-04:00

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Where Did My Words Go?

Last updated on: August 18, 2024 at 1:29 pm By Sherry Antonetti

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Growing up, I drew all the time. Art allowed me to figure out what I felt, what I thought. For a time, it seemed I would never run out of pictures. One day, shortly after I got married, in the midst of drawing, I knew the well was dry. I couldn’t finish the piece. There were moments of inspiration. I still drew from time to time, but the art wasn’t constant. I didn’t need to draw. In 2004, I started writing. ... Read more

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2024-08-07T16:54:31-04:00

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Check Up on the Check List!

Last updated on: August 7, 2024 at 4:54 pm By Sherry Antonetti

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At the start of every summer, I make a list of fun things to do –not so they all get done, but so that if ever the words are uttered, “Mom, I’m bored,” there is an answer. Here’s the follow up. 100) Ice Cream. It’s always summer if you’re eating ice cream. DONE OFTEN. 99) Fireworks (Ditto) DONE! 98) Playing cards. –DONE OFTEN. 97) Going to the pool. NEED TO DO MORE. 96) Going to the library. DOING NEXT Week.... Read more

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