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Easter is a Season!

Published on April 27, 2025May 23, 2025 by Dawn Marie1 Comment

Eastertide is the oldest season of the liturgical year. It was celebrated as one comprehensive feast of the paschal victory of the Lord Jesus Christ: His resurrection ascension, gift of the Spirit and the birth of the Church, all stood together as different aspects of the same mystery. Tertullian referred to the Fifty Days as a whole as “the Pentecost, “ describing this span of time as a “space” in which one can experience the expansiveness, freedom, and boundlessness of resurrected life.

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worth it

Published on January 5, 2023January 5, 2023 by Dawn Marie2 Comments

bloganuary day 4

prompt: what is a treasure that’s been lost?

Found my worth!

And I pray you to know

your

true

worth

too!

It was fitting to make merry and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’”
Luke 15:32

hugs n’ blessings to all those who rejoice over having been found!

some bunny loves us!

Published on April 23, 2022May 2, 2022 by Dawn Marie7 Comments

“Even in the life of a Christian, faith rises and falls like the tides of an invisible sea. It’s there, even when he can’t see it or feel it if he wants it to be there. You realize, I think, that it is more valuable, more mysterious, altogether more immense than anything you can learn or decide upon. It will keep you free – not free to do anything you please, but free to be formed by something larger than your own intellect or the intellects around you.”
Flannery O’Connor

Thank you for being patient with me while I drew away quietly during Holy Week. As I’ve walked out of the tomb beside Him, He is already leading me to so many beautiful affirmations of how much He loves…all of us.