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
- 3 days ago
- 3 min
Long-Jump
“Let’s work for Heaven. All the rest is nothing.” (Saint Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes).
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Sarah Raad
- 4 days ago
- 3 min
LOSE
“…Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33).
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Sarah Raad
- 5 days ago
- 2 min
Silliness
“‘Do you NOW believe?’” (John 16:31, emphasis added).
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Sarah Raad
- 6 days ago
- 3 min
Humble
“Near the cross stood his mother. Speechless: living she died: dying she lived.” (Saint Alphonsus Liguori).
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Sarah Raad
- 7 days ago
- 3 min
Hidden
Christ remains hidden in the Most Blessed Eucharist, because if He did not remain hidden from us, we would hide ourselves from Him.
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Sarah Raad
- Jun 26
- 3 min
Puzzles
“If you can trust a puzzle company to make sure every piece is in the box to complete the puzzle, then why can’t you trust God..."
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Sarah Raad
- Jun 25
- 3 min
Anyone
“I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, He can work through anyone.” (Saint Francis of Assisi).
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Sarah Raad
- Jun 24
- 3 min
Brother
“It is true you are the Mother of Jesus, but you have given Him to me; and He from the Cross has given you to be Our Mother..."
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Sarah Raad
- Jun 23
- 3 min
Palace
“There could be no surer sign of God’s love for you than this pain He has sent you. Adore the Divine Will.” (Saint Paul of the Cross).
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Sarah Raad
- Jun 22
- 3 min
Wealth
Bear the load of thy neighbour’s poverty and let him bear with thee the load of thy wealth. Thou lightenest thy load by lightening his.”
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Sarah Raad
- Jun 21
- 2 min
Mass
“Listen to the Mass the way the Virgin Mary stood at the Calvary.” (Saint Padre Pio).
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Sarah Raad
- Jun 20
- 3 min
Readiness
We are an Easter People and Alleluia is our song! (Pope Saint John Paul II, 30/11/1986).
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Sarah Raad
- Jun 19
- 4 min
Allegiance
“...he asked for Jesus’ body. Then he took It down, wrapped It in linen cloth and placed It in a tomb cut in the rock (Luke 23:53).
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Sarah Raad
- Jun 18
- 3 min
War
“Pray for me, Father, that I may love God more and that I may be unceasingly conscious of Him. That is the greatest wish I have.” (Kilmer)
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Sarah Raad
- Jun 17
- 3 min
Cold
“He who has My commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him..."
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Sarah Raad
- Jun 16
- 3 min
Attribution
ALL THINGS happen ONLY through the Holy Will of God.
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Sarah Raad
- Jun 15
- 3 min
Princess
“Mary’s throne, like that of her Son, is the Cross.” (Saint Josemaría, the Way, 508).
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Sarah Raad
- Jun 14
- 2 min
Gloomy
“May God protect me from gloomy saints!” (Saint Teresa of Avila).
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Sarah Raad
- Jun 13
- 3 min
Walking
When the Lord saw her, He was moved with compassion for her and said to her, ‘Do not cry.’” (Luke 7:13).
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Sarah Raad
- Jun 12
- 2 min
Nourishment
The courage and strength that are in me are not of me, but of Him who lives in me – it is the Eucharist.” (Saint Faustina, Diary 91).
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Sarah Raad
- Jun 11
- 3 min
Withdraw
Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.” (John 6:14).
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Sarah Raad
- Jun 10
- 3 min
Anonymous
“All with Peter to Jesus through Mary.” (Saint Josemaría).
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Sarah Raad
- Jun 9
- 3 min
Binding
"There is no soul more human than one overflowing with supernatural sense... every person is her (Mary) son or her daughter.” St Josemaria
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Sarah Raad
- Jun 8
- 2 min
Physics
“Late have I loved You, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved You!” (Saint Augustine).
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Sarah Raad
- Jun 7
- 3 min
Moses
“Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the promised land. She prepares a world she will not see.” (Pope Paul IV).
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Sarah Raad
- Jun 5
- 2 min
Body
“Do to others as you would have them do to you.” (Luke 6:31).
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Sarah Raad
- Jun 4
- 3 min
Perception
As witnesses we can be MARTYRS of Faith – and we can do this ONLY through the power of the Holy Spirit! For martyr means witness…...
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Sarah Raad
- Jun 3
- 3 min
Serenity
“Happiness in Heaven is for those who know how to be happy on earth.” (Saint Josemaría).
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Sarah Raad
- Jun 2
- 4 min
Intercessor
Do you know how the saints express their love for each other? “Pray for one another.” (James 5:16). When one of my children want to ask...
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Sarah Raad
- Jun 1
- 3 min
Then
“Philip said, ‘Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.’” (John 14:8).
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Sarah Raad
- May 31
- 3 min
Disco
“He first found his own brother Simon and told him, ‘We have found the Messiah’ (translated Anointed). Then he brought him to Jesus."
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Sarah Raad
- May 30
- 3 min
Forgetfulness
I thank God for the gift of forgetfulness – for it is in forgetting that I can truly forgive…
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Sarah Raad
- May 29
- 3 min
Different
“To the servant of God, every place is the right place, and every time is the right time.” (Saint Catherine of Sienna).
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Sarah Raad
- May 28
- 3 min
Plan
“Many great things depend – don't forget it – on whether you and I live our lives as God wants.” (Saint Josemaría).
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Sarah Raad
- May 27
- 3 min
Spectacles
“That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, ‘It is the Lord!’” (John 21:14).
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Sarah Raad
- May 26
- 4 min
Second
“‘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 25
- 2 min
Gardener
Mary of Magdala saw the Risen God and mistook Him for a Gardener…
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Sarah Raad
- May 24
- 3 min
Perishables
Your child has a 0.00298% chance of becoming a professional athlete, and a 100% chance of being judged by God... Get you children to Church!
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Sarah Raad
- May 23
- 3 min
Watergate
Surely nothing man-made could flourish for so long, and surely nobody other than God could have changed the world as Christ has done...
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Sarah Raad
- May 22
- 4 min
Confession
“My friend, I weep because you do not weep.” (Saint John Vianney).
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Sarah Raad
- May 21
- 3 min
Contrived
Without FAITH, I may try to assume that this CONTRIVANCE was man-made, but with FAITH, I know that God Himself CONTRIVES all things!
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Sarah Raad
- May 20
- 3 min
Window
“…With one foot only it touches the ground…” (Saint Faustina Diary 114).
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Sarah Raad
- May 19
- 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
- May 18
- 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
- May 16
- 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
- May 15
- 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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