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.
Sarah Raad
- 2 days ago
- 3 min
Calling
“There, in the depths of our soul, He calls us and we just have to answer: ‘…here I am, for you have called me.’” (Saint Josemaría).
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Sarah Raad
- 3 days ago
- 3 min
Pilate
If one were to disbelieve in Christ, the only alternative is that Christ “is a fraud” and the Gospels are “garbled accounts..."
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Sarah Raad
- 5 days ago
- 3 min
Oppression
“He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter..." (Isaiah 53:7).
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Sarah Raad
- 6 days ago
- 3 min
Women
How humble is Our Lord and God to allow mere women to cry the tears of motherhood for Him – He who is INFINITE!
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Sarah Raad
- 7 days ago
- 3 min
Pride
If Saint Peter had said humbly to Jesus: ‘Give me the grace, I beg You, to follow You even to death,’ he would have received it immediately
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Sarah Raad
- May 13
- 3 min
Dead
“If men go to so much trouble and effort to live here a little longer, ought they not strive so much harder to live eternally?” St Augustine
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Sarah Raad
- May 12
- 3 min
Bucket
“…In heaven God will give His chosen their fitting glory and that the last will have no reason to envy the first.” (Saint Therese).
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Sarah Raad
- May 11
- 3 min
Potholes
If we stay close to Our Blessed Mother, we can grow in holiness and not vice. And what a wonderous gift that is!
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Sarah Raad
- May 10
- 3 min
Sung
As He walked out to His death, Christ sung – so that I would hear His music with my dying breath…
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Sarah Raad
- May 9
- 3 min
Glory-Be
John took hold of the hand of the Mother of God and she led him to the hardest place, and she stood with him – giving him comfort...
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Sarah Raad
- May 8
- 4 min
Guilt
When my Beloved cried out on the Cross, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” (Lk23:34), He was crying about me.
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Sarah Raad
- May 7
- 4 min
Left
“Let us not withdraw our lips from this chalice prepared by the hand of Jesus…” (Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face).
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Sarah Raad
- May 6
- 3 min
Zeal
Your heart was never drowned in sorrow as was My Mother’s heart. We both gave Ourselves up totally for souls. What about you?”
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Sarah Raad
- May 5
- 3 min
Blessed
“Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” (John 20:29).
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Sarah Raad
- May 4
- 3 min
Cider
God does not wish to waste any apples – after all, even bruised apples can be turned into a delicious drink…
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Sarah Raad
- May 2
- 3 min
Example
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 5:16).
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Sarah Raad
- May 1
- 3 min
Unsung
I pray for the Grace to be an unsung hero of my Blessed Lord… For what greater honour could there be than that!
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Sarah Raad
- Apr 30
- 3 min
Bizarreness
“Do not lose heart. The steeper the road, the faster it rises towards ever wider horizons.” (Saint John Paul II).
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Sarah Raad
- Apr 29
- 3 min
Substitutes
Saint Thomas Aquinas explained that there are four main substitutes that we use for God, and these are wealth, pleasure, power and honour.
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Sarah Raad
- Apr 28
- 3 min
Seasickness
Those who go to Heaven begin their Heaven on Earth, while those who go to Hell begin their Hell on Earth. (C.S. Lewis, “The Big Divorce”).
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Sarah Raad
- Apr 27
- 3 min
Elder
And I have been thinking about this LOVE of the Father... Because my Father came out of the celebration to invite me in...
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Sarah Raad
- Apr 26
- 3 min
Articulation
God knows what I am trying to say, and He loves me for it…
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Sarah Raad
- Apr 25
- 3 min
Heirs
I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.” (Romans 8:16-18).
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Sarah Raad
- Apr 24
- 3 min
Vaccine
Just as a vaccine prepares our body to confront a disease, a sacrifice prepares our soul to confront our death.
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Sarah Raad
- Apr 23
- 3 min
Trespasses
“Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.”
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Sarah Raad
- Apr 22
- 3 min
Pre-Teen
And while He waits, God works CONTINUOUSLY for MY GOOD – God does not wait patiently while doing nothing.
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Sarah Raad
- Apr 21
- 2 min
Footsteps
It takes great perseverance to follow in the Footsteps of Our Lord…
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Sarah Raad
- Apr 20
- 3 min
Hatred
“If anyone comes to me and does not hate..., even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple." (Luke 14:26).
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Sarah Raad
- Apr 19
- 2 min
Corruption
“You accuse yourself: God excuses you. You excuse yourself: God accuses you.” (Saint Augustine).
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Sarah Raad
- Apr 18
- 3 min
Harden
“God continues to use the frailest of natural means to accomplish His supernatural purposes.” (Scott Hahn in his book, “Consuming the Word”)
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Sarah Raad
- Apr 17
- 3 min
Fall
I know that God really does work EVERYTHING for my good... Even in His silence when I fall…
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Sarah Raad
- Apr 16
- 3 min
Ran
“they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb.”Lk24:11-12
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Sarah Raad
- Apr 15
- 3 min
Silently
“We need to find God, and God cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence.” (Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta).
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Sarah Raad
- Apr 14
- 4 min
Hold
“As they led Him away they took hold of a certain Simon, a Cyrenian…laying the cross on him, they made him carry it behind Jesus.” Lk23 :26
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Sarah Raad
- Apr 13
- 3 min
Subjugation
“I have come to do My Father's will. I obeyed My parents, I obeyed My tormentors and now I obey the priests.” (Saint Faustina, Diary 535).
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Sarah Raad
- Apr 12
- 3 min
Offence
The less deserving the insult and offence, the greater the pain it causes.
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Sarah Raad
- Apr 11
- 3 min
Safe
“Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.” (Luke 6:21).
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Sarah Raad
- Apr 11
- 3 min
Marvellous
The Cross is not the goal, the GLORY is the goal! The Cross is the path that will take us to the glory!
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Sarah Raad
- Apr 9
- 3 min
Detention
God Himself has done my detention for me. For HE has suffered for MY sins – He has paid the price for me.
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Sarah Raad
- Apr 8
- 3 min
Whisky
“Bosco, give up the whiskey. Show me you are strong. Give me something that is under your control.” (Bosco Gutierrez).
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Sarah Raad
- Apr 7
- 3 min
Motherhood
“‘Go to Holy Communion... and I shall give you my dear little Jesus, then you will no longer be alone, you will be happiest of mothers.’”
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Sarah Raad
- Apr 6
- 3 min
Dollar
She saw the face of Christ inside the face of that dying man and she saw it there for FREE... I would not exchange eternity for a dollar.
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Sarah Raad
- Apr 5
- 3 min
Mould
“Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” (Matthew 4:4).
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Sarah Raad
- Apr 4
- 3 min
Wordless
If I COMPLETELY submit to this wordless direction that I shall never understand in this life PERFECT GOODNESS can work through me.
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Sarah Raad
- Apr 3
- 3 min
29392
God does not speak clearly by events? The Church wants to test our obedience, ... if the work and the holder of the work are marked by God.
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Sarah Raad
- Apr 2
- 2 min
Tiddle-Tatting
“If I will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow Me.” (John 21:22).
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Sarah Raad
- Apr 1
- 3 min
Privilege
I know that child is in heaven – and I know it with all the strength and conviction possible of my miserable little soul…
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