Empty Nest, Full Heart — Sweet Tweets for 9/29/14

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 4:45 pm by Lisa M. Hendey

Empty Nest, Full Heart — Sweet Tweets for 9/29/14 2015-03-12T16:45:32-07:00 Lisa M. Hendey

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Yes, it’s Monday and I’m just getting around to compiling our Sweet Tweets. Go ahead and call me a slacker…

A week ago, we left home in a rented vehicle loaded to the gills with boxes and musical instruments and drove North. The college Sophomore was delivered to his off campus apartment. The boxed furniture from Walmart was assembled. Mom tried to avoid being to bossy about where to put what.

The goodbyes were said – Dad said goodbye. Mom hugged for too long and didn’t say anything because she couldn’t pass words over the boulder-sized lump in her throat without bursting into tears.

The rental vehicle, somehow still filled with stuff that didn’t fit into the apartment, drove two hours North to Vancouver, Washington.

Mom was somewhat distracted by joyfully participating in an amazing conference alongside 300 awesome women and the incomparable Danielle Bean and Teresa Tomeo. I recommend that if you have to do something emotional, you try to find a way to go to a retreat or conference immediately afterwards. It helps keep things in perspective.

Having an after conference cocktail with Danielle Bean and Teresa Tomeo will do wonders for your attitude!

Mom and Dad woke up Sunday morning and drove the thirteen hours home. To be precise, Dad drove, and Mom slept, and slept, and cried and slept. She did none of the work she’d taken along. She just looked out the window, prayed, and slept.

Today, Mom woke up as Dad was leaving for work. The house feels quite empty. The “to do” list feels quite daunting. And the heart feels quite full.

Full of emotion.
Full of blessings.
Full of thoughts about what the next few months will hold.
Full of gratitude.

For now, it’s time to put my head down and go back to work. I’m so happy for John Clem, who kept track of all that this Mom missed last week. It’s time to get busy…

As always, I’m grateful to John Clem, O.F.S. for compiling our Sweet Tweets:

Papal Tweet: “Jesus understands our weaknesses and sins; and he forgives us if we allow ourselves to be forgiven.” (Pope Francis Sept. 25th)
Vatican astronomer: Just a matter of time until life found in universe (CNS) ow.ly/BI0g2
Bishop Cupich named to succeed Cardinal George as Chicago archbishop | CNS Blog ow.ly/BIwDw
Blase Cupich in America | (Fr. Jim Martin, S.J. – America Magazine) ow.ly/BIDpA
Feast of St. Pio of Pietrelcina | Saint of the Day | AmericanCatholic.org ow.ly/BOHfL
Pope Francis establishes Commission to reform marriage annulment process (Vatican Radio) ow.ly/BIBCy
Throughout his pontificate, Pope Francis has stressed how important the elderly are for society (Rome Reports) ow.ly/BICtR
Tech Tip: How to use Apple’s iOS 8 (FREE), the complete guide – CNET ow.ly/BJQPt + compatibility graphic ow.ly/i/6Xr9A (Note: 8.0.2 released today with fixes reported in media)
Blessing and resources to all catechists for Catechetical Sunday 2014 (USCCB) ow.ly/BJSOB
Pope Francis’ visit to Albania. InfoGraphic by CNS. ow.ly/i/6WViR
Pope Francis to Albanians: fly high but don’t forget the past (Vatican Radio) ow.ly/BJSwp
Pope to Albania’s faith leaders: religion is source of peace Vatican Radio ow.ly/BJV4k
Pope Francis weeps as he honors Albania’s Martyrs | America Magazine ow.ly/BLGCb
The Feasts – New Book from Cardinal Donald Wuerl and Mike Aquilina – (Archdiocese of Washington) ow.ly/BLWOA
Catholic Archdiocese of Washington marks 75th anniversary – Washington Times ow.ly/BMqK1
400K Marchers in NYC hope grass-roots action shows urgent need for climate solution (CNS) ow.ly/BNa7i
Google Maps Has Been Tracking Your Every Move, And There’s A Website To Prove It | Junkee ow.ly/BNaBZ
U.S. Bishops Affirm Power of Prayer for Israeli-Palestinian Peace Following Pilgrimage to Holy Land (USCCB) ow.ly/BNbsx
Pope Francis’ message for World Day of Migrants and Refugees: “A Church without frontiers, mother to all” (News.va) ow.ly/BOHWx
Maybe Francis isn’t after a lurch to the left, but a new balance | (John Allen – Crux) ow.ly/BOP98
3 Fascinating, Rare Videos of St. Padre Pio, the 20th Century Stigmatist | ChurchPOP ow.ly/BOPUx
VIDEO: Father Jonathan Morris on Dealing with Sadness & Depression (Christopher Closeup – Patheos) ow.ly/BOSBC
Pope names five women to International Theological Commission (CNS) ow.ly/BOVXg
Maybe your church can show good films with NEW EchoLight Cinemas ow.ly/BS6i1
Biodiversity and the world economy – (CNS) ow.ly/BS72q
Our Lady of Walsingham (Faithful Traveler – Patheos) ow.ly/BScpN
Vatican to UN Summit: Climate Change is man-made and man’s responsibility (Vatican Radio) ow.ly/BSAGw
The Catholic Church and Global Climate Change | (Catholic World Report) ow.ly/BSLer
Pax Christi leaders alarmed that airstrikes will aid ISIS recruiting (CNS) ow.ly/BSTVo
Couragio! A brief refutation of our cultural fear of being against things. « Archdiocese of Washington ow.ly/BTn0V
3 Things Catholics & Our Churches Can Learn from that Epic @DiGiornoPizza #TwitterFail (Lisa Hendey – Patheos) ow.ly/BV3Yt
Nun who won Italy’s ‘The Voice’ records first album :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) ow.ly/BVwFR
NEW Logo for Servant Books of Franciscan Media | American Catholic Blog ow.ly/BUx1d ow.ly/i/70me2
15 Fun Facts from Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s FBI file – CNA Blog ow.ly/BT1KR
Hosting date nights a way for parishes to help couples keep bond strong (CNS) ow.ly/BOXFc
Popeball: Pope Francis’ baseball moment | CNS Blog ow.ly/BVC9o
Holy Cuteness! Rare Photos of 12 Saints as Children | ChurchPOP ow.ly/BPcsK
Catholic Cuisine: Recipes for October ~ Month Dedicated to the Most Holy Rosary ow.ly/BY7SM
13 Insightful Maps of U.S. Religion | ChurchPOP ow.ly/BYAcR
The tattooed feminist Catholic who chooses conscience over catechism | National Catholic Reporter ow.ly/BZNBo
Pope Francis celebrates the 200th anniversary of the Restoration of the Jesuits in Rome (Rome Reports) ow.ly/C19Fr
Pope Francis: Synod prayer to Holy Family (Vatican Radio) ow.ly/C19LR
Pope Francis: meeting with elderly in St Peter’s Square (News.va) ow.ly/C2nxM
Video: Pope Francis at meeting with the elderly: “Violence against the elderly is inhuman” (Rome Reports) ow.ly/C30WZ
Julian’s Problem with Evil – Julian’s Voice (Veronica Mary Rolf – Listening to Julian of Norwich) ow.ly/C2W4l
Celebrate Consecrated Life! – Year of Consecrated Life Nov. 2014 to Feb. 2016 (USCCB) ow.ly/C30q8
Today is the Feast of the Archangels Sts. Michael, Gabriel & Raphael | AmericanCatholic.org ow.ly/C48tb
Happy 5th Anniversary to ICC | | Online Catholic Adult Education and Evangelization – FREE! ow.ly/C33dy
Fans say ‘Nats Mass’ at church near Nats Park helps NL East champs | WJLA.com ow.ly/C4oKm
World Communications Day 2015. Communicating the Family: A Privileged Place of Encounter with the Gift of Love ow.ly/C4qdf
Satire: 9 Alternative Bible Translations to Spice Up Your Devotional Life | ChurchPOP ow.ly/C4Bpj
Off the hookah: owner explains why he named his bar “ISIS” (Deacon Greg Kandra – Patheos) ow.ly/C4GI8
Open Letter to 2014 Synod on Marriage and Family – signed by many religious, professors, and political leaders ow.ly/C4J80

John Clem, O.F.S.

John Clem, O.F.S is the Director and Media Minister at Catholic Web Services (http://catholicws.com/). John is a professed member of the Secular Franciscan Order, and loves to share his talents in faith, technology, and journalism in service to the church. John also writes a blog entitled Call To Holiness (http://www.calltoholiness.us/). Follow John on Twitter at @Catholicwebs, on Facebook and at Google+.

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