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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.
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11 hours ago3 min read
Forgotten
“Keep awake, therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.” (Matthew 25:13).
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1 day ago2 min read
Frustration
The world was built for perfection, and it is only because of sin that it begins to malfunction…
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3 days ago3 min read
Transform
Well, simply, we offer Bread and Wine because these are (to use the words uttered by the Priest during Holy Mass) the “WORK OF HUMAN HANDS”.
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4 days ago2 min read
Waiting
I should be acting NOW – and not waiting until tomorrow.
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5 days ago2 min read
Not
By your endurance you will gain your lives.’” (Luke 21:12-19).
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6 days ago3 min read
Feet
She shall perhaps think twice before wearing lovely shoes that are also very impractical for having fun again…
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Dec 28, 20243 min read
Ready
And just as the organisers prepared for the event, I am not alone because the Angels and Saints prepare for my eternity.
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Dec 27, 20243 min read
Mirror
Christ died on the Cross so that I would mirror His example and approach the sacrifices required for my own salvation with the same courage
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Dec 26, 20243 min read
Indifference
“I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other!” (Revelation 3:15).
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Dec 25, 20242 min read
Dual
The very best thing that happened in the history of the world is the DEATH OF THE SON OF MAN.
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Dec 24, 20243 min read
Night
And on this night, when I anticipate all the joys of Christmas, my Beloved waited in His Mother’s Womb, anticipating a lifetime of humiliati
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Dec 23, 20242 min read
Tears
“Take and drink the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, horribly outraged by ungrateful men. Make reparation for their crimes and console your G
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Sarah Raad
Dec 22, 20243 min read
Chemistry
“Now He is not God of the dead, but of the living; for all live to Him.’” (Luke 20:40).
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Dec 21, 20242 min read
New
“The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.” (Genesis 2:15).
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Dec 20, 20243 min read
Giving
Giving from excess is not giving. It is when we give from our need that we truly imitate the example of Christ.
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Dec 19, 20243 min read
Temple
“‘Take these things away; you shall not make My Father's house a house of trade.’” (John 2:22).
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Dec 18, 20243 min read
Shoulder
I turned my son’s six month recovery into a twelve month recovery because I was simply trying to delay the inevitable.
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Dec 17, 20243 min read
Choice
Christ did not say, pick up your lollypop and follow me. He said, pick up your Cross and follow me.
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Dec 16, 20243 min read
Cheating
All these little cheats to make my life easier, are really just an excuse for me to make my life worse…
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Dec 15, 20243 min read
Playing
He is and always was and always will be perfectly complete without any other creature in existence.
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Dec 14, 20243 min read
Practise
I have much practise to get done before the day I die – if I am to be ready for my Beloved…
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Dec 13, 20243 min read
Blow
After all, Christ never said, go and chose the Cross that you would most like to carry and follow Me. He said, there will be a Cross there
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Dec 12, 20242 min read
Security
Nowhere in that commandment did God tell me to love myself first. First God, then my neighbour. That is it.
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Dec 12, 20243 min read
Forgive
“‘…There is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.’” (Luke 15:10).
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Dec 10, 20243 min read
Stress
I owe my God an eternal debt for the stress my sinfulness gives Him…
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Dec 7, 20242 min read
Complaint
“He has risen, He is not here; see the place where they laid Him.’” (Mark 16:6).
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Dec 6, 20242 min read
Differences
We spend far too much time worrying about temporary things…
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Dec 3, 20242 min read
Muscle
With Wisdom to See God for what He truly is, we would have only peace
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Dec 3, 20242 min read
Blessed
“Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven.’” (Matthew 5:12a).
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Dec 2, 20242 min read
Unstoppable
“And every day in the temple and at home they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.” (Acts 5:42).
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Dec 1, 20242 min read
Payment
“‘…You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.’” (Luke 14:14).
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Nov 30, 20243 min read
Creeping
I know that because God is Good it would have certainly been GOOD. And the MOST GOOD that we could have given out circumstances.
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Nov 29, 20243 min read
Plants
“It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made n
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Nov 28, 20242 min read
Stranger
“I do not know where you come from.” (Luke 13:25).
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Nov 27, 20243 min read
Communication
God speaks to me – just as I speak to my children.
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Nov 24, 20243 min read
Courage
“Are you not under my shadow and protection? Am I not the source of your joy? Are you not in the hollow of my mantle, in the crossing of my
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Sarah Raad
Nov 23, 20243 min read
Near
“‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’” (Luke 10:9).
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Nov 22, 20242 min read
Tears
This world is a “valley of tears’ as we recite in the Hail Holy Queen prayer.
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Nov 21, 20242 min read
Rehabilitation
We are all in rehabilitation from the effects of sin.
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Nov 20, 20242 min read
Miracles
What a strange thing it is that even though there is some miracle like this, we look – not up at the light of God – but down at the mud bene
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Nov 19, 20242 min read
Unity
“Let your loins be girded and your lamps burning, and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the marriage feast, so
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Nov 18, 20242 min read
Hope
“‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul -“ (Elizabeth Barrett Browning).
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Nov 17, 20242 min read
Push
Of myself, I am nothing, but with God all things are possible.
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Nov 16, 20243 min read
Blessed
Today I look to the Blessed Virgin as the example of what I should be – BLESSED. Simply Blessed!
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Nov 14, 20243 min read
Point
Martha was a true friend of Christ, and I have barely made the effort to know Him – much less invite Him and His friends into my home…
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Nov 14, 20243 min read
Conversations
“‘When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread; and forgive us our sins, for we our
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