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Ode to Broom Tree

Published on July 30, 2025August 6, 2025 by Dawn MarieLeave a comment

The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD’S throne is in heaven. His eyes behold, his searching glance is on mankind. The just will gaze on your face, O Lord.

Psalm 11: 4, 7

Silence gives the space to hear God speak, whether through words we hear within or through a movement of love or an answer to a question.

Silence itself also speaks.

St. Paul writes of the Spirit, who “intercedes with sighs too deep for words” (Romans 8:26). In silence, we can hear our own sighs for God and know that the silence of God is part of God’s also sighing for us—and for all creation.

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the interview (of everything)

Published on September 3, 2020September 14, 2020 by Dawn Marie12 Comments

I love God.

I love EVERYTHING about Him.

I seek to know Him.

To love Him.

And to serve Him.

I desire to put Him before EVERYTHING.

I believe in One Holy, Catholic, Apostolic Church.

I believe in its Doctrine.

I follow its Catechism.

All of it.

EVERYTHING.

Do I fail to do this, perfectly?

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Dear Sr. Mary-Agnes,

Published on September 21, 2019October 3, 2019 by Dawn Marie8 Comments

Scattered within the many notes of my journals I have written unannotated words of various bloggers & authors reminding me frequently how…

“We desperately need each other.”

“Jesus never intended for us to live the Christian life alone.”

“The Lord God said: It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suited to him.”
Genesis 2:18

Yet, so often I forget just how much I need others.

Certainly I know that we need to live our lives out with others & throughout Scripture God tells us to “lift one another up!”

“And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding… “
Colossians 1:9

Indeed, “we need one another to get through this life.”

Most especially God tells us to pray for one another.

“that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.”
1 Timothy 2:1-2