2023-08-18 00:09
Grief is a universal human experience that knows no boundaries of age, culture, or background. It is a natural response to loss, whether it be the passing of a loved one, the end of a relati… Read More
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2023-08-17 00:38
In a world where travel and technology have made the world feel smaller than ever, long-distance relationships have become increasingly common. Whether due to work, education, or other circu… Read More
2023-08-16 00:34
The holiday season is often depicted as a time of joy, celebration, and togetherness. Advertisements, movies, and social media posts paint a picture of families gathering around tables laden… Read More
2023-08-15 00:19
Human relationships are intricate and beautiful, woven together by threads of connection, shared experiences, and emotions. However, within the delicate fabric of these connections, there ex… Read More
2023-08-14 00:29
Betrayal is a wound that cuts deep into the core of human relationships, leaving scars that can be felt long after the initial shock has subsided. Whether it’s a friend who reveals a c… Read More
2023-08-13 00:46
The Healing Power of Words
In moments of sorrow, it can be challenging to articulate the overwhelming emotions you experience all at once. Thoughts and feelings may seem chaotic and tangled… Read More
2023-08-12 00:44
Pets shower us with loyalty, and companionship, leaving pawprints on our hearts forever. When the time comes to say goodbye to our furry friends, the pain can be very deep and profound.
Let… Read More
2023-08-11 00:36
Life is never predictable, and amidst the rhythm of daily routines, grief can unexpectedly knock on our door. Coping with loss while balancing professional responsibilities can be an overwhe… Read More
2023-08-10 00:37
When children experience loss, whether it’s the death of a loved one, a pet, or another significant life change, their tender hearts are affected deeply. As adults, it is our responsib… Read More
2023-08-09 00:29
Have you ever felt like you and your partner were speaking different languages, even when you were both trying to express your love? You’re not alone! Understanding the concept of love… Read More
2023-08-07 23:40
Grief is an emotion that can shake us to our core, leaving us feeling lost and alone. When someone we care about is dealing with the pain of loss, we may struggle to find the right words or… Read More
2023-08-07 04:23
Grief is an intrinsic part of the human experience. It is a natural response to loss, and each person’s journey through it is unique. Whether we lose a loved one, a pet, a job, or expe… Read More
2023-02-09 09:04
Sometimes I’m afraid for the next generation. As the world grows more and more antagonistic of God and tolerant of sin, what would it be like in the near future?
What would it be… Read More
2023-02-09 09:00
Since science made much progress in our world, it has questioned the things that science is not able to answer for itself. It only believes what it can explain by its methods. Whenever… Read More
2023-01-10 04:40
If I wear a mask today,
and we meet along the way,
Would you recognize that it is me,
though you can’t see my face?
What is it that you would look for?
What is it that you would see?… Read More
2022-11-19 03:19
The truth is like the sun shining brightly above us. But some see its light only through mists and clouds, while others choose to remain in the shadow of trees. Thus, we don’t see it t… Read More
2022-11-14 04:40
Is Abortion Murder?
What is murder? While I may not be an expert in terms of law, I can understand it as a grave offense done with full malice and intent to end the life of another human be… Read More
2022-11-10 03:27
May these prayers for a broken heart help you find healing, consolation and strength.
The most painful feeling of someone with a broken heart is that of being alone. Suddenly, there is no… Read More
2022-11-09 01:30
If I could spend just one more day,
one more day with you, my dear,
I’d spend the day just laughing
and hiding all my tears.
Though my heart just breaks within me,
to think I’d s… Read More
2022-11-08 05:26
A list of unsolicited advice from a lay Catholic
This is not an easy post. I am a Catholic faithful, and I would never want to disrespect God’s chosen priests. They are His vessels of… Read More
2022-08-25 03:37
Our grief is personal
Our griefs are as personal as the people we have love and lost. Grief books are like that also. They are special because they came from the unique bond the authors have… Read More
2022-08-03 02:27
When you find it hard to look forward in hope
“I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living.” – Psalm 2… Read More
2022-08-03 01:58
Image by Václav Závada from PixabayFirst of all, I would like to say I’m Catholic. That said, I abide by the dogmas of the Catholic Church. However, I believe that the Ch… Read More
2022-07-28 09:05
When you hurt so much after confessing your feelings
Out of the many challenges you face when you’re dating, being rejected is perhaps one of the hardest to go through. When you&rsquo&helli…Read More
2022-07-28 02:51
What do you do when a loved one dies?
When a loved one dies, you may feel as though something within you has died, too. You feel that deep void that nothing could ever fill.
Your whole… Read More
2022-07-27 03:33
Before you fall in love again,
I hope that you can mend.
I pray that you may find,
some place to rest your mind.
I hope you can forgive,
even if you can’t forget.
Let go but take what… Read More
2022-06-29 04:46
Grief and Alexa’s Feature of Mimicking Your Deceased Loved One’s Voice
There’s something about grief that changes us. It changes the way that we see life. It changes not o… Read More
2022-06-24 04:18
In her book, “On Death and Dying”, Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross presented a model of the 5 grief stages when people are faced with their own mortality. Through the years, this… Read More
2022-06-23 07:56
Heaven Quotes
Do you have a loved one who has passed away? Have you ever wondered what heaven would be like?
Here are some heaven quotes from the saints that can inspire you today:
&l&helli…Read More
2022-06-23 00:40
What Should You Look Forward To In Heaven?
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Most people have a very clear idea of hell but a very vague concept of heaven. We have no trouble thinking about someth… Read More
2022-05-18 00:37
The unbelievable substance that keeps the order of the worlds
These days, when faith and science just seem to be too incompatible with each other, I’d like to tackle a very impor… Read More
2022-05-13 06:10
Grief can be so overwhelming that we often it hard to understand what it really means. How would our lives be changed when we’re grieving? Could we ever go back to the time before our… Read More
2022-05-12 06:14
There is a kind of beauty that can only be found when you weep
I used to think that in order to be beautiful, I had to be the happy type of person — the girl who always had a big… Read More
2022-05-12 05:16
The value of sadness in our search for happiness
“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not a mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues… Read More
2022-05-11 03:02
Grief Poems for the Loss of a Loved One“Sometimes grief is like a wave, and healing is like a butterfly.”
It is not because things die,That they are beautiful.Things are beautifu… Read More
2022-05-05 00:45
Liza Summer from PexelsAfter the sting of betrayal in an abusive relationship, why should we should forgive?
“Forgiveness does not mean forgetting the abuse or pretending that it did… Read More
2022-05-04 06:30
Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.
Have you ever felt so tired that you wanted to cry? I did. A lot of times. In fact, one sign tha… Read More
2022-04-11 01:03
“This hidden heroism is done with tenderness and with courage when someone is sick at home.” – Pope Francis
It is hard to think of a more difficult suffering than to see o… Read More
2022-03-20 01:47
I think one of the most difficult burdens a single person can have is the feeling that one has never been called or chosen. Do I even have a vocation?
When you try to search over the i… Read More
2022-03-12 01:26
“The Boogies and the Woogies” by Marianne Reed is just so cute, so colorful and so adorable that I enjoyed it immensely even though I’m no longer a little child. It just fe… Read More
2022-03-11 05:33
After a last-minute decision, with no spare clothes or any other preparation, Esther, Elsa and I went to Alubijod, Guimaras Island.
The timing of our arrival at Pulupandan Pier was God-given… Read More
2022-02-23 00:59
Photo by M&W Studios from PexelsThere’s a song I don’t much like. It’s a very popular song, but I think it’s too often represented as a hopeful song. There’… Read More
2022-02-15 01:14
“Snuggles, Kisses & Hugs: Have A Party” is truly an amazing book with a lot of heart! Featuring three wonderful characters who can’t be more different from each other… Read More
2022-02-14 01:31
Life’s greatest happiness is to know that you have loved.
Happy Valentines Day!
You may use the above image in your personal or social posts. I only hope that you add a link back… Read More
2022-02-11 23:59
I never thought I’d start the day
without you by my side,
smiling at me with those eyes
as though we’ve only met.
I never thought I’d start the day
without you holding me… Read More
2022-02-11 07:57
I used to love the silence,
those quiet days when we’d just walk around the park
holding each other’s hand and simply breathing,
taking in all the beauty we could find.
I used to… Read More
2022-02-10 23:54
It came over me again,
this sudden sadness,
sweeping like a wave,
covering me,
drowning me,
throwing me again
into a grief
I couldn’t fight
nor overcome.
It came over me again,
just wh… Read More
2022-02-10 08:10
I saw a yellow butterfly resting on a rose
Day by day I saw it
As it came for that single flower.
It was quite peculiar, I thought
for a butterfly to be attached
to just one flower.
Why must… Read More
2022-02-10 01:08
The sun is setting now,
the day shall go to rest.
And the birds that have flown,
shall go back to their nests.
The sun is setting now,
and darkness looms ahead.
Our feet are weary, our eyes… Read More
2022-02-09 07:58
How could an angel die,
an angel pure and small,
untainted by our darkness,
unscathed by our fall.
It was so soon to go,
far too soon to leave,
when he hasn’t seen the sky
to spread hi… Read More
2022-02-09 03:27
There are second lead characters in movies and television dramas that seem to offer more love than the the main lead but are often ignored or unappreciated. Even if their love is recognized… Read More
2022-02-09 00:57
Scars, people speak of them
as though they’re the most wretched thing
there could be,
reminding them of wounds,
reminding them of hurts,
bringing back those days
they’d rather ju… Read More
2022-02-08 03:32
Why is the sacred heart of Jesus bleeding? Because He hurts for our hurts and He aches for the pain of our wounded hearts.
Sometimes I just want to lay still and let my heart feel those hurt… Read More
2022-02-08 02:29
Since you passed away,
I no longer live
In linear time.
I no longer see each day
The ordinary way,
Living each hour
From morning until night.
Since you passed away,
I’m often snatched… Read More
2022-02-07 02:00
How A Catholic Millennial Learned the Value of Redemptive Suffering
Have you ever asked how a good God could let bad things happen? Where is God in the midst of suffering? Is there any hope… Read More
2022-01-10 02:19
“To love means to open ourselves to suffering. Shall we shut our doors to love, then and ‘be safe'” – Elisabeth Elliot, The Path of Loneliness
One idea that has often… Read More
2022-01-08 23:24
There were a lot of times when I felt as though it were difficult for God to have pity on people like me. Times like that, I saw Him as a strict King who is ready to punish us for our sins… Read More
2022-01-07 23:39
Sometimes, all we need is just one person who believes in us and who will never give up on us. Someone who sees beyond our weaknesses, beyond our faults. Who knows that though we walk in dar… Read More
2022-01-07 04:17
Have you ever dragged yourself through chores, feeling a heavy burden all the way, doing things almost mechanically and mindlessly? Have you ever spent days exhausted and feeling empty, almo… Read More
2022-01-06 23:25
“…couldn’t you watch with me for one hour?”-Matthew 26, WEBBE
I think one of the most painful things that often happen to a person undergoing a difficult period in l… Read More
2022-01-06 06:21
When we think about our lives and all the things that could go wrong, we’d never run out of things to worry about.
We can worry about our health and the health of our loved ones. We ca… Read More
2022-01-06 03:21
I have recently wanted to spend the first moments of the day praying and finding inspiration from God. Honestly, I don’t know my next step in my career and this year is truly venturing… Read More
2022-01-05 05:42
I don’t know how You look like, Lord. I haven’t seen Your face. I cannot tell the color of your eyes. I cannot imagine the shape of your lips. Is your skin tanned by the sun? Is… Read More
2022-01-01 01:53
It’s the first day of the year, and it is also the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. How wonderful it is that at the very start of the year, we could spend it with Mary, our loving m… Read More
2021-12-16 08:56
As a single person who is already in my forties, I have often encountered various kinds of advice from people who seem to be concerned about my happiness. The advice range from urging… Read More
2021-12-15 09:17
Most of us Christians were taught that if we ask God for something in prayer, we shall receive. But why is it that many of our prayers seem to be unanswered? Why do we ask and not recei… Read More
2021-12-14 09:12
There is a question that often comes to mind whenever we try to seek the presence of God. How does God really see me? Does He love me? Or does He hate me because of my many sins?
W… Read More
2021-12-13 09:15
A lot of people have been so disappointed with the sufferings of this life that they could no longer believe in a God who loves them. They have seen so much unfairness and injustice in… Read More
2021-12-11 23:08
When I was younger, I have watched a lot of films that had happy endings. It was as though there was a formula where the hero or heroine of the movie would first encounter many diffic… Read More
2021-12-10 00:00
As Christians, we believe that God is the Creator of all things. He has made the entire world and the universe itself and is the source of all riches, power and glory. He is indeed th… Read More
2021-12-08 00:23
Image by wal_172619 from PixabayThere was a time when religion seemed to play a larger part in regulating people’s emotions. It may even be claimed by some that it came to a poi… Read More
2021-12-07 03:08
Image by Luisella Planeta Leoni from PixabayI was reading Mother Angelica’s book “What is Heaven?” when I came across a Bible passage that touched my heart like it never di… Read More
2021-09-26 02:12
Image by S?n Nguy?n ?ình from Pixabay“There is much in Christianity which can be subjected to exact analysis. But the ultimate things are shrouded in the silent mysteries of God… Read More
2021-09-23 02:34
Image by Briam Cute from PixabayThese are my own reflections as I pondered on the unfathomable mystery on why Jesus, the Son of God Himself, must die in order to save us:
• To show us G… Read More
2021-09-20 09:35
“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.” – Ernest Hemingway
Have you ever felt like you wanted to share so much with someo… Read More
2021-09-16 00:39
Image by Mircea Ploscar from PixabayI have to admit it. Sometimes I want to believe in fate. There is something about fate that feels good, that feels right. To think that some wonderful eve… Read More
2021-08-15 05:47
Image by Sanchez Lin from PixabayI think that it is inherent in human beings to seek the spiritual, something that transcends the physical world that is visible to our eyes. But in our searc… Read More
2021-07-22 02:58
Image by Free-Photos from PixabayGod knows how weak we are and how lost we are and how dark this world is. He knows how much we suffer. He is not ignorant of the hurts that tear our hearts… Read More
2021-07-21 09:36
Image from PixabayFor the single and loveless one,
for the one who walks alone;
For the one who seeks and cannot find,
for the one who cannot make it home.
For the one who aches for true lov… Read More
2021-07-19 01:05
Image by Ri Butov from PixabayHow can a song suddenly just make me cry?
How can a song whose language
I don’t even understand
speak so closely to my heart,
perhaps more intimately
than… Read More
2021-07-10 01:07
There is a kind of happiness that can easily make you smile or laugh. Sometimes it can even be so overwhelming that it makes you cry. After a while, however, you realize that your feelings… Read More
2021-07-09 03:21
Image by Free-Photos from PixabaySometimes I need an older song,
A song that understands
Who I am and where I’ve been,
A song that grew with me
And felt with me
That never left me
All… Read More
2021-07-06 09:43
There are no guarantees in life,
there is no assurance,
that the good things you have will remain,
that you will be protected from all pain.
There are no guarantees in life,
there is no pro… Read More
2021-07-03 09:30
Image by Blauth B. from PixabayLove is not only the fire
that consumes you,
the insatiable desire
to be with your beloved,
that cannot wait
and cannot stand ever still.
Love is also the simp… Read More
2021-06-25 04:20
Image by Engin Akyurt from PixabayIf you woke up this morning not feeling fine,
If you ever woke up thinking
you may not have the strength
to do all the things you need to do,
If you ever wo… Read More
2021-06-21 07:04
There was a time when I received one of the most serendipitous gifts on my birthday. It’s a customized notebook from my sister where one of my own quotes had been inscribed on the co… Read More
2021-06-18 06:31
Image by Gabriel Alva from Pixabay“…when pain is to be born, a little courage helps more than much knowledge, a little human sympathy more than much courage, and the least tinct… Read More
2021-06-02 05:14
Image by congerdesign from PixabayEverybody’s aching. Everybody’s searching for a little bit of comfort and of hope. These days, however, it seems politically incorrect to tell… Read More
2021-05-27 10:29
I saw an article about King David and how the man who was guilty of murdering the husband of the woman he coveted was the same man, and in fact, the only man referred to in the Bible as the… Read More
2021-05-18 00:14
All my life, I’ve felt that I had always been searching for the beautiful and the good. I wanted to find it in this world I’m living in. I wanted to find it in myself. I wanted t… Read More
2021-05-10 23:01
Image by Pexels from PixabayHave you ever experienced those times when no matter how hard you prayed, there was no answer to your prayer?
It’s one of the most difficult times you&rsquo&hell…Read More
2021-05-10 00:57
Image by Pexels from PixabayThere’s something life changing about knowing that you are loved as you are.
You don’t have to pretend like you’re someone else.
You don’t… Read More
2021-05-06 22:53
Image by PublicDomainPictures from PixabayThe smell of freshly cut grass,
has entered my window somehow.
It brought me back in time
when I had no worries,
when the only thing I thought about… Read More
2021-05-06 04:10
Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and… Read More
2021-05-03 05:03
Photo by Amilcar Alvarez Garcia on Unsplash“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts…” – Ecclesiastes 3:11, WEBBE
Today… Read More
2021-04-30 00:56
Image by StockSnap from PixabayYour heart wants to weep
But it can’t weep
Your eyes want to cry
But it can’t shed its tears.
And so you listen
To songs that weep
And you read sto… Read More
2021-04-28 23:05
Image by Hans Hofer from Pixabay“The Lord said to me, The loss of each soul plunges Me into mortal sadness. You always console Me when you pray for sinners. The prayer most pleasing to… Read More
2021-04-28 01:56
God is eternal good. God is light. God is love. God hates darkness. God hates evil. God grieves for what is bad. God rejoices for what is good.
And since God has always existed&hellip&helli…Read More
2021-04-26 06:08
Image by V??ng Nguy?n from PixabayI’m the type of person who always wants things to be organized. I make schedules, I plan, and I try to anticipate any needs that may arise in the futu… Read More
2021-04-24 23:28
When I was in grade school, I had a best friend who gave me a certificate that testifies to our friendship. And while I’ve won many other certificates and medals for my academic achie… Read More
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