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2023-06-19T13:25:10-05:00

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Top 3 Reasons God Asks You to Do Something You Don’t Want to Do

Last updated on: June 19, 2023 at 1:25 pm By Mariel Ortega

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This month on the Catholic Bird Lover we’ve been reflecting on discernment. In particular we’ve focused on the importance of our desires in discernment. God desires our happiness more than we desire our own happiness. Thus, our desires aren’t something to be squashed, but something to be pursued. Yet, we all know that sometimes God’s will doesn’t line up with our own will. If our desires are so important to God, then why does he sometimes ask us to go... Read more

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Home and Religion

2023-06-05T17:36:37-05:00

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The Best Way Churches Can Become Greener: Native Plants

Last updated on: June 5, 2023 at 5:36 pm By Mariel Ortega

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And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good (Gn 1:31) Happy World Environment Day! As I’ve recently shared, I am a writer. But writing isn’t my only calling. By trade, I am an ecologist. Today I want to lean into my ecology background to share one concrete step faith-based organizations should take to become greener: native plants. Catholic Perspective on the Environment The Catholic faith is necessarily implicated with environmentalism. The earth was... Read more

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Environment

Going Green

Native Plants

2023-06-03T11:22:14-05:00

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5 Ways God Reveals our Desires to Us

Last updated on: June 3, 2023 at 11:22 am By Mariel Ortega

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These past weeks on the Catholic Bird Lover, we’ve been talking about discernment and the importance of our desires, our dreams. But have you ever struggled to know what exactly your desires are? For many reasons (long story short: original sin), our hearts are mysteries to ourselves. Perhaps deep down we consider our desires not good or we fear failure if we pursue them. But to quote a priest’s homily, desires are promises from God. God gave us these desires... Read more

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Careers, Workplace and Religion

2023-05-23T15:52:59-05:00

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Why Won’t God Tell me What to Do? When God Keeps Silent

Last updated on: May 23, 2023 at 3:52 pm By Mariel Ortega

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A couple months ago, I received a dream job offer: Hawaii. The job involved working with birds (want to know why I dedicated my career to birds? Check out this post.) In addition, I would be living in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Could a job offer get any better? But something felt off and no matter how much I prayed, God remain remained silent. Well, actually he said I trust you to make your own decisions and after I refused to... Read more

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Discernment

God's Silence

Trust in God

2023-05-23T14:51:30-05:00

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Do my desires matter to God? Catholic Discernment and Decision-making

Last updated on: May 23, 2023 at 2:51 pm By Mariel Ortega

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A couple weeks ago I went to LA to meet my favorite author Morgan Matson at a book signing event (you can read more about that trip here). I had a great time, eating good food, hiking to the Hollywood sign… When the plane touched down, the excitement of adventure filled my heart, I knew I had made the right decision. I love travelling, I had the money for the trip, why wouldn’t I have embarked on the trip? But... Read more

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