“Therefore, keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.” Matthew 24:42 My Cannonball Moment โ Saturday Afternoon July 15, 2017 โ Tightness in My Chest It seemed like any other hot July weekend at the Jersey Shore. It was 4pm and I had just finished cutting the lawn …
โ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐๐๐ก๐๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ซ๐๐ซ๐ค๐ง๐จ ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐จ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ค๐ก๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฃ๐.โ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ซ๐๐ โ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐งโ(๐ญ๐ต๐ณ๐ฌ) As a Bereavement Counselor and Grief Coach, I often witness how quotations from Scripture, selected prayers, beautiful music, clips from …
“๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐’๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐. ๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ ๐๐. ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐. ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ด๐๐.” ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ …
“She’s somebody’s mother, boys, you know. For all she’s aged and poor and slow. And I hope some fellow will lend a hand to help my mother, you understand. If ever she’s poor and old and gray, when her own dear boy is far away.” From the poem โSomebodyโs Motherโ by Mary Brine When I …
In my work as a Bereavement Counselor and Grief Educator, I will often incorporate relevant Scripture readings, prayers, selected works of poetry, lyrics fromย beautiful music, provide opportunities for each person in our group to have their grief witnessed and validated, and I even use film clips that can help elicit the wide range of emotions …
Last night we concluded another 6-session cycle of our Bereavement Program at St. Catharine-St. Margaret Parish in Spring Lake, NJ to help those who are navigating that difficult journey of grieving the loss of a loved one. I am continually blessed by the inner strength, resilience, and courage that people in grief bring to this …
โLooking out at the road rushing under my wheels. Looking back at the years gone by like so many summer fields. ’65, I was 17 and running up 101. I don’t know where I’m running now, I’m just running on. Running on, running on empty. Running on, running blind. Running on, running into the sun …
“๐๐ง๐๐๐โ๐จ ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐๐จ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ฉ. ๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐โ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ก๐จ, ๐โ๐ก๐ก ๐ง๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ.โ
๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ค๐๐ข, โ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ผ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐งโ ๐๐ฎ ๐พ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐. ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฎ
This article takes a closer look at an issue that often surfaces in grief ministry when a person we love dies alone in those final moments of life without the presence of family and close friends, an experience that became more pronounced for many families grieving a loss during the height of the global pandemic. I also share my own story of losing my brother Dennis who died suddenly at the age of 19 and the healing, closure, and meaning I recently experienced by having the courage to finally visit that sacred ground where God called him home. #griefsupport #bereavementsupport #spiritualcoaching #lifecoaching
Did you ever face a moment at work or in your personal life where an issue comes up that triggers an automatic behavior by default usually taking the form of a deeply held self-limiting belief? For me, the old scripts usually take the form of โyouโre not smart enoughโ, โnot good enoughโ or when facing a project deadline, I hear myself saying โItโs not perfect yet and it needs to be perfectโ. In this post, I share some of the tools and exercises we often utilize to help clients create the awareness for how their unique old scripts, stories, self-limiting beliefs, and behaviors may no longer serve their needs, creating a potential pathway for a new script to be written and one where the older stories and beliefs become less prominent. #executivecoaching #careercoaching #lifecoaching #spiritualcoaching #limitingbeliefs
“๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.” ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ 3: 10 Itโs been cold and rainy of late where I live in New Jersey and winters in January can be challenging but last week it was a tad warmer and as I drove along Ocean Avenue on my way to morning Mass, I literally had to stop …
