They probably had no idea that they’d given me a great gift – kindness and patience at the end of a rough day. It eased my edginess and put me in a far better mood. It’s those little things that mean oh-so much.
I loved the previous two manuals published by Tan – Manual for Marian Devotion and Manual for Eucharistic Adoration – and was not disappointed with this latest in the series.
St. Patrick’s life is quite remarkable, and his circumstances make me think about today’s growing problem of human trafficking. He himself was a victim of this nightmare that has destroyed – and keeps destroying – the lives of defenseless women and men, most of whom are very young.
God is not only creator, but also he is Father. Just as a human helmsman navigates the storm and protects his child, so, too, will the Divine Helmsman navigate the storms of our lives and protect us.
Altering my attitude toward sleeplessness was a game-changer for me and led me to the discovery of three ridiculous but effective secrets for countering those restless, anti-doze nights.
As we drove, I saw them – companies that before hand had been nothing more than a label on a device or an name in an advertisement. And in the middle of a web of expressways and a colony of commercial buildings was a place of peace and holiness that was impenetrable.
I’m headed to Santa Clara, California to visit Our Lady of Peace Shrine. It’s the only major Marian Shrine on the West Coast between Our Lady of Sorrows Shrine in Portland, Oregon, (over 700 miles to the north), and the famous Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, (over 2,300 miles to the south).