“Above all, trust in the slow work of God” Excerpt from the prayer “Patient Trust” by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, SJ Earlier this month we concluded another Daytime and Evening cohort of our Parish Bereavement Program and as always, we closed our final session with a beautiful prayer called “Patient Trust” by Pierre Teilhard de …
โ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐โ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐ This photo of my family was taken on Thanksgiving Day in 1971 when I was 16 years old and a junior at Paramus …
๐ ๐ ๐บ ๐ก๐พ๐๐พ๐บ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐ข๐๐บ๐ผ๐, ๐จ ๐๐บ๐๐พ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ฝ๐๐บ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐๐พ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐พ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐บ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐บ๐๐๐พ. ๐ณ๐๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐พ ๐๐๐พ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐บ ๐ ๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐๐พ, ๐บ ๐๐๐ป, ๐บ ๐๐๐๐๐ป๐ ๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐พ๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐พ๐ ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐บ ๐๐พ๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐บ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐ป๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐บ ๐๐พ๐ ๐ผ๐๐บ๐๐๐พ๐ …
โ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ โฆ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐” ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฏ:(๐ญ-๐ด) I hadย a great hike last week with Cali, one of our three Golden Retrievers, celebrating all the beauty of the new autumn season now upon us. And, as …
Some days you just have to say thank you Lord for all the blessings of nature He has bestowed to all of us. I often drive along Ocean Avenue here in Spring Lake, NJ on my way to Mass in the morning on purpose so I can peer out of my car window to take …
As I began my 20 minute drive to the Princeton Junction train station from my home in Pennington, NJ on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, I couldnโt help but notice the beautiful blue sky on what I thought would be just another busy Tuesday in my typical work week. It was a welcome change from my …
“๐ฏ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐. ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.” ๐ต๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐, ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ Job loss can often trigger a range of emotions …
โ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐ค๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ข๐! ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ก๐๐๐, ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ข๐๐๐: ๐๐ช๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ค ๐จ๐๐๐ฉ๐, โ๐ผ ๐ฌ๐๐ค๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐๐ก๐; ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐: ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ก, ๐ฃ๐ค๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐!’โ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ค๐๐ข “๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฏ๐ง๐”, ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐ฝ๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ (๐ญ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฐ) ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ …
“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 …
