Mary, Our Mother
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Life with Mary (Part 8): Marriage on the Horizon
Spiritual Warfare Through People The spiritual warfare we experienced in our relationship took more forms than purely spiritual ones. Sometimes, it came in the form of other humans and the temptations and fears they gave into. For example, not everyone who knew I was going for a GED was pleased about it. They were afraid… Continue reading
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Life With Mary (Part 7): A New Stage of Life
Learning more about each other 4/19 (Good Friday) The day after Leo asked me out, I flew to Texas with my family for a week to attend an uncle’s funeral and to offer support to our family there. I will never forget the day because it was Good Friday, and we fasted and abstained from… Continue reading
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Life with Mary (Part 6): God’s plan for my life starts to take shape.
I’m back at it with work and online college classes, so I’ve been juggling a lot! I apologize this entry is so far after my last one. I decided to make the format of this entry a little different than the previous ones. It is written more like journal entries. I wanted readers to be… Continue reading
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Life With Mary (Part 5): What Does It Take To Find A Husband? A Hint: Mary.
Prologue Although it may seem drawn out to some, I should mention that I include many of the following brief encounters between Leo and I for a reason. That reason being that most things in our life don’t happen all at once. Many years often pass where not much seems to change or to be moving… Continue reading
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Life with Mary (Part 4): Sorrow and Hope
A Building Friendship Throughout and after the demonic oppression I’d faced, my friendship with Jacqueline and Zach grew. The three of us became inseparable. We saw each other almost every day of the week, and when we didn’t, we texted each other. We prayed together, volunteered in the same young adult group together, and attended… Continue reading
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Life with Mary (Part 3): Spiritual Warfare
The first “in your face” experience I ever had with a demon was indirect (an oxymoron, I know.) It happened while at a Defending the Faith conference at the University of Steubenville. My friend and I had rented a dorm room on campus to stay the weekend, and each dorm building had a small chapel… Continue reading
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Life with Mary (Part 2): Changes
It was one year before I started noticing how much had changed in my life since making my consecration to Mary. A year after my initial consecration, I did the self-led retreat again and renewed my consecration. (Some people like to do this yearly; some daily. You can renew it as many or as little… Continue reading
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Life with Mary (Part 1): Marian Consecration
May is the month of Mary, and since Our Lady has been such a powerful person in my life, it seems only fitting to begin the journey of this blog during her month. My journey with Mary has not been the most typical one. I have always honored and respected Mary, and I always thought… Continue reading
About Me
I am a Theology student, a wife, and a full-time working mother who works in Catholic, Religious Education. I have an ardent love for Christ and His Catholic Church. My prayer for you is that this blog will embolden you to pursue the One Who has been pursuing you your whole life, and that, in doing so, the Faith will come alive to you as never before.
