Please take a look at Whispers in the Loggia. http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/. Today’s post about the four Franciscan Friars who trekked 300 miles from Chicago to Washington will inspire you to the hilt. Their example of trust in God – and what that example evoked in others along their way – is a message we all need to hear.
Grace does not erase who we are; it perfects and elevates what God has already placed within us. As the Catechism teaches, “Grace builds on nature” (CCC 2005). Strengths are part of that nature, and when we understand them, we can cooperate with grace more freely. Instead of trying to imitate someone else’s path to holiness, we can cultivate virtue in the way God designed us to flourish.
The American Flag is a symbol of our heritage. Not a perfect heritage, and not a simple one, but a real one.
Mary reminds us that holiness is possible in ordinary life. Her humility counters our culture's obsession with self-promotion, her trust challenges our need for control, and her tenderness softens the edges of our hurried hearts.
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Marge Fenelon · July 30, 2009 at 5:04 pm
Apparently, this story made the Washington Post, too.