by celebratinglifeweb | Aug 7, 2024 | change, faith, grief, growth, guidance, healing, Holy Spirit, miracles, spirituality, trust
By Rev. Kat Katsanis-Semel The truth is: Everything of which I’ve been afraid, Jesus has walked me into and through. And there are extremely bitter things that he’s still walking me through. I haven’t bypassed one test, in my relatively short life thus far…except for,...
by celebratinglifeweb | Aug 1, 2024 | change, faith, guidance, hope, presence, spirituality, trust
By Brother Craig Rippens When asked to host a monthly tele-service for Celebrating Life Ministries, the Holy Spirit immediately provided the theme: Faith – Hope – Presence. My spiritual path has led me to contemplate each of these three elements individually. However,...
by celebratinglifeweb | Jul 2, 2024 | change, freedom, spirituality, surrender, trust
By Monk Mary Kay Simmons As a small child I would hear my mother & grandmother talk about “the hand of God” being involved in some serious situations. I am a Catholic and would hear the nuns at school and the priest at church refer to the “the hand of God at work”...
by celebratinglifeweb | Nov 1, 2023 | affirmations, change, guidance, healing, miracles, spirituality, trust
By Mary SwansonDuring the 1980’s, I was newly divorced and raising three young children. I had a job doing payroll for a restaurant that paid me $50 a week and I was a young astrologer who got new clients through word of mouth from satisfied clients. One...
by celebratinglifeweb | Oct 26, 2023 | angels, Jesus, Mary, miracles, prayer, Saint Bernadette, saints, spirituality, trust
By Monk, Rev. Susan G. ChamberlainPositively have FAITH in GOD. The Saints never walked anywhere or did anything without GOD. In the world today, your could say, GOD has my back and know it to be true. Once you were Called, there was no going back.St. Padre...
by celebratinglifeweb | Oct 18, 2023 | growth, guidance, healing, matters of the heart, spirituality, trust, unknown
By Monk Thomas HildebrandThe doorway of truth like all doorways, if only opened partway, the fullness of the experience and learning can be more challenging. Padre gave a talk at the last CLM retreat: “The truth will set you free”. He said he was reaching deep...
