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EUCHARISTIC CONCELEBRATION COMMEMORATING POPE JOHN XXIII ON HIS MEMORIAL HOMILY OF CARDINAL TARCISIO BERTONE Altar of St Jerome, Vatican Basilica Wednesday, 11 October 2006 Pope John XXIII’s message is still extraordinarily timely today. His life, his Discourses and his actions bring us to the heart of the faith and the heart of Christian commitment. …
Mature Marriage: Racing Toward Wholenss and Integration
We are now in the holy season of Advent, and we wait as Christmas approaches. I love to reflect on the infant God, the Incarnate Word. I don’t recall what caused me to be drawn to this passage several weeks ago, but I’m glad that I found it (or it found me). You may …
Gratia Plena has joined the “Giving Tuesday” movement and wants you to be our partner! What is Giving Tuesday? It is an opportunity to join hundreds of thousands of others on December 3rd (2013) in being generous to non-profit organizations at the beginning of the Christmas season, following Brown Thursday, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday. …
by Gratia Plena Spiritual Director Mary Kay Malicki I have a strong image of Darkness and Light being developed in my prayer life. This started when I began using Black Art Paper and White Oil Pastels to “pray with my Art”. This theme Dark/Light takes more meaning for me as Advent approaches. I begin praying …
If you ever have the opportunity to sit in on an open, public Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, you might hear some of those attending say that they are “grateful and recovering alcoholics.” How in the world could somebody be thankful for the disease of alcoholism? Would someone express gratitude for having cancer? This may seem quite …
Today’s article is the next in this series on wellness, and marks the midpoint. Thus far we have covered the physical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions. We address today the social dimension, and then we will have remaining the intellectual, occupational (vocational), and environmental. The idea of wellness is to pay some attention to all of …
Today is the traditional Halloween holiday. To celebrate this holiday, kids (and some adults) will dress up in costumes and masks pretending to be someone else for the day. The unfortunate reality is that many of us promote and protect a false self on a daily basis. What is the self? The self is our …
Anxiety in School-Aged Children
Spiritual Wellness by Gratia Plena Spiritual Director Mary Malicki In this series on wellness we have thus far covered: physical health and emotional health. Today’s article focuses on Spiritual Health. We are human beings with body, mind, and soul created in the image and likeness of God. (Gen1:27) God created man in his image; …