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Here. At the Foot of the Cross.
Reflections on Faith, Hope & Love.
Love letters to the King...

Sarah Raad
Freelance Writer
When my little niece was born with a rare and severe congenital heart defect, we had no hope other than to prostrate ourselves at the Foot of the Cross and beg for prayers. Somehow, in the days and weeks and months that followed, by Grace and the Infinite Goodness of God, my faith, the size of a mustard seed grew into a tree. Now I pray that this faith, which is such a new and glorious gift for me, will shelter others and give them hope in the Goodness and Love of God.


Spirit
When Christ died, resurrected and ascended into Heaven, He did not send the second best thing as a backup for Him. He sent the Person of the Holy Trinity who was equal to Him and to God the Father.
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Catherine
Saint Catherine of Siena, pray for us, who have recourse to thee…
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Ask
“Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen.” (John 19:40).
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You
“The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me. The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.” (Matthew 26:23-24).
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Plagues
The death of the firstborn: (Exodus 11:1-10, Exodus 12:1-13).
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Conformity
“Because of this goodness, every will should be obedient, subject, and submissive to Him, and should be conformed and united forever, everywhere, and in all things to His divine intentions. (Saint Francis de Sales, “Finding God’s Will for You”, page 10).
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Humility
“…the reward is great. We see God.” (Mother Mary Francis, “Blessed Are You: Reflections on the Beatitudes” at page 103).
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Courage
“Do not be afraid”…
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May 262 min read
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Self
“Time is our treasure, the ‘money’ with which to buy eternity.” (Saint Josemaria, “Furrow” at 882)
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May 252 min read
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Fail
How easy it is to succeed if we can only understand that sometimes that success looks like a fail to the outside world.
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May 242 min read
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Silence
Who am I to question the cross I have received. The Son of Man HIMSELF did not question His…
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May 233 min read
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Everything
Who am I to question the cross I have received. The Son of Man HIMSELF did not question His…
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May 223 min read
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Sermon
“For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” (Matthew 23:13).
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May 213 min read
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Initial
“They kept me far from You, those fair things which, if they were not in You, would not exist at all!” (Saint Augustine, “Confessions”, 10, 27).
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May 203 min read
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Imitation
“Thou showest me to myself, what I am, what I am come to: for I am nothing, and I knew it not.” (Saint Therese of Lisieux in “Imitation of Christ”).
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May 183 min read
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Silent
“But He walked right through the crowd and went on His way.” (Like 4: 30).
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May 173 min read
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Smell
When Saint Simon Peter denied Him three times before the cock crew, did Christ smell that nard and did He remember Peter’s love?
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May 163 min read
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Heart
“It is not necessary to have either a keen intellect or great knowledge to go to God, but simply a heart resolved to apply itself to Him and
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May 155 min read
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Death
The Blessed Virgin knew that the only comfort she could offer in the face of such agony and death was to witness it – silently, and with lov
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May 143 min read
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Past
When children are guided by their parents, they are able to remain within the confines of safety.
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May 133 min read
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Small
I have spent a lifetime killing Abel and lying to God about it afterwards, because I have spent a lifetime failing to dominate my sin when i
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May 123 min read
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Grudge
“Where there is no love, put love - and you will draw out love.” (Saint John of the Cross).
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May 113 min read
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Need
God turns all things to the GOOD…
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May 103 min read
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Calm
Christ knew the story of Jonah – not only as God, but as a Jewish Man and Rabbi…
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May 93 min read
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Perfect
“But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in sec
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May 83 min read
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Million
“I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.’” (Matthew 25:46).
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May 72 min read
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Time
And Christ is looking at me and loving me, and I am going away so sad because I have many possessions.
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May 62 min read
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Change
“Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?” (Luke 6:39).
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Indignant
“But when Jesus saw it He was indignant…” (Mark 10:14).
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May 43 min read
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Forgotten
“And He said to them, ‘Do you not yet understand?’” (Mark 8: 21).
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May 33 min read
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Glove
If I were to fill my life with God, it would be like filling a glove with a good hand.
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May 22 min read
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More
Maybe I should just add a few more intentions in there and allow God to help me as He is waiting to do…?
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May 13 min read
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Fearlessness
The Blessed Virgin only asked questions that would enable her to fulfil her mission as an instrument of God’s Holy Will.
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Apr 303 min read
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End
“It is certain that we shall be taken by surprise, and that the time will come sooner than we think.” (Father Charles Arminjon, “The End of
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Apr 293 min read
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Hearts
And being without sin, what a terrible thing it must be for Them to feel the weight of that pain on Their Chests and in their Sacred and Imm
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Apr 282 min read
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Saint
If I were just to make use of the sufferings that God has already allowed me in my life, then I would be not only a Saint – but the greatest
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Apr 273 min read
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Mastery
God so mastered Himself that He was able to achieve dominance even over His Human Nature to accept His Humanity with perfectly. Knowing ful
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Apr 263 min read
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Heard
As a mother whose children often do this to her, it seems to me that the Infinite Patience of God is a wonder that would take an eternity to
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Apr 253 min read
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After
In following the rules, I was technically not doing anything wrong, but I was also not really doing things right.
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Apr 242 min read
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Proud
“There are great men who are to come; but Mary is the one who, by order of the Most High, shall fashion them for the purpose of extending Hi
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Apr 233 min read
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Impediment
“‘Eph′phatha,’ that is, ‘Be opened.’” (Mark 7:35).
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Apr 222 min read
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Log
“After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them on ahead of Him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was abo
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Apr 213 min read
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Adhem
“Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.” (Leigh Hunt)
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Apr 202 min read
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Night
It is the night before the Resurrection of Christ.
In the eternal Sacrifice of the Eucharist, I can understand that this Sacrifice that we
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Apr 193 min read
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Shepherd
“The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want…” (Psalm 23:1).
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Apr 183 min read
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Pace
He should be the object of or desire since He, the all-beautiful One, loves repulsive people so that He might make them beautiful. Let us ru
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Apr 173 min read
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Harmony
It seems that if people negotiate from a position of love, then they will be able to impress upon each other that they negotiation will be f
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Apr 162 min read
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Sorrows
I am sorrowful even unto death, just trying to understand the terrible sorrow of Our Blessed Lord…
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Apr 153 min read
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Exercise
I will take nothing other than my soul with me into Eternal Life.
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Apr 142 min read
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Jersey
And as He sat there on that donkey and walked through the streets, I wonder at the agony in His soul to know that all those people were goin
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Apr 133 min read
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