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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.
Division
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” (Matthew 5:9).
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Children
“My friend, if you want to be great, become little. To be little it is necessary to believe as children believe, to love as children love, to give yourself up as children give themselves up... to pray as children pray.” (Saint Josemaria).
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1 day ago2 min read
Law
One of the things I have been thinking about recently is the importance of laws.
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2 days ago3 min read
Child
Have you ever noticed how children imitate their parents?
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3 days ago2 min read
Seen
“I have seen the Lord!” (John 20:18).
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4 days ago2 min read
Redeemed
“May the God of peace Himself make you perfectly holy and may you entirely, spirit, soul, and body, be preserved blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful, and He will also accomplish it.” (1 Thessalonians 5:23-24).
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5 days ago3 min read
Sorrow
“Take up your cross and follow me.” (Matthew 16:24).
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6 days ago3 min read
Catholic
“Because he cleaves to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name. When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will rescue him and honour him.” (Psalm 91:14-15).
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Oct 103 min read
80,000
“Get behind mem Satan!” (Matthew 16:23).
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Oct 92 min read
Demanding
Infinite service and infinite pity.
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Oct 82 min read
Covetousness
“But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you; and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.” (Luke 12:21). everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in Heaven.” (Matthew 10:26).
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Oct 73 min read
Courage
“Have no fear of them; for nothing is covered that will not be revealed or hidden that will not be known... everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in Heaven.” (Matthew 10:26).
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Oct 63 min read
Wisdom
“I see, an eight-year-old boy, with his catechism, knows more than you. I thought I was ignorant. You know even less. Let me explain it to you.” (Saint John Vianney).
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Oct 53 min read
Sensible
“Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” (Matthew 16:24-25).
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Oct 43 min read
Evangelisation
Perhaps I should just focus on my work here in Australia, right here in my home, right now with my family – my brother, my Saint Simon Peter who lives in my own home…
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Oct 32 min read
Love
“For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self-control. So do not be ashamed of your testimony to our Lord, nor of me, a prisoner for his sake; but bear your share of hardship for the gospel with the strength that comes from God.” (2 Timothy 1:7-8).
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Oct 23 min read
Queen-Bee
If I spent less time complaining and more time eating the royal jelly that God provided for me, I would be able to remember the crown on my head – after all – I am the daughter of the King…
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Oct 13 min read
Fear
“Love your children. In them you can see Baby Jesus. Pray for them a lot and every day put them under Holy Mary's protection.” (Saint Gianna Molla).
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Sep 302 min read
Medicine
“The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.” (Proverbs 18:10).
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Sep 293 min read
Comparison
“Do not seek to be regarded as somebody, don't compare yourself to others in anything. Leave the world, mount the cross, discard all earthly things, shake the dust from off your feet.” (Saint Barsanuphius).
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Sep 283 min read
Change
“You change your life by changing your heart.” (Saint Benedict of Nursia)
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Sep 273 min read
Anger
“Dismiss all anger and look into yourself a little. Remember that he of whom you are speaking is your brother, and as he is in the way of salvation, God can make him a saint, in spite of his present weakness.” (Saint Thomas of Villanova).
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Sep 263 min read
Branch
“By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be my disciples.” (John 15:8).
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Sep 253 min read
Kimberly
“Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear.’” (Matthew 13:9).
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Sep 242 min read
Glutton
“A saint is a glutton who is filled with God by emptying himself. A saint is a poor man who makes his fortune plundering the coffers of God.” (Urbano, in “The Man of the Villa Tevere).
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Sep 233 min read
Loyalty
“We are able.” (Matthew 20:28).
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Sep 222 min read
Blessed
“For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed…” (Luke 1:40).
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Sep 213 min read
Weeds
“Jesus said to his disciples: ‘abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.’” (John 15:9-11).
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Sep 203 min read
Seed
“‘The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree…” (Matthew 13:31).
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Sep 193 min read
Confidence
“Have you seen the affection and confidence with which Christ's friends treat Him? In a completely natural way the sisters of Lazarus ‘blame’ Jesus for being away: ‘We told you! If only you'd been here!’ Speak to him with calm confidence: ‘Teach us to treat you with the loving friendliness of Martha, Mary and Lazarus, as the first twelve treated you.’” (Saint Josemaria).
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Sep 183 min read
Treasure
What a treasure it is to live like that under the protective vocation that God has established for me since before I was even conceived…
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Sep 173 min read
Fibers
“Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.” (Matthew 13:53).
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Sep 162 min read
Victor
What a depth of faith! What a concentration of belief!
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Sep 152 min read
Freedom
The only true freedom is the Will of God. And surrendering to that is bound to be my life’s work…
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Sep 143 min read
Intimate
Saint Edith Stein, pray for us who have recourse to thee…
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Sep 133 min read
Resignation
“God is the same as always. It is men of faith that are needed: and then, there will be a renewal of the wonders we read of in the Gospel. Ecce non est abbreviata manus Domini, God's arm, His power, has not grown weaker!” (St Josemaría).
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Sep 123 min read
Investment
“You cannot be half a saint. You must be a whole saint or no saint at all.” (Saint Thérèse of Lisieux).
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Sep 113 min read
Poverty
I have been thinking about how little use I make of poverty and how much like an Egyptian pharaoh I really am…
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Sep 103 min read
Tired
“If I were not tired at this hour of the day, it would be a sign that I hadn't fulfilled my duty.” (Pope Saint John Paul II).
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Sep 93 min read
Blind
God does not have a problem with sinners – the Divine Mercy is evidence of that. Rather, the problem that God has is with UNREPENTANT sinners… Because unrepentant sinners are blind and the blind will never see.
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Sep 83 min read
Constancy
“Once after Holy Communion, I heard these words: You are Our dwelling place. At that moment, I felt in my soul the presence of the Holy Trinity, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.” (Diary of Saint Faustina, Diary Entry, 451).
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Sep 73 min read
Service
“After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.” (John 13:5).
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Sep 63 min read
Hole
The boy replied, “I will finish before you fit the Mystery of the Trinity into your tiny little brain.”
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Sep 53 min read
Work
“…then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.” (Genesis 2:7).
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Sep 42 min read
Recovery
All things shall be turned to good in God’s own time…
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Sep 23 min read
Data
“But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.” (John 16:7).
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Sep 13 min read
Repetition
God repeats Himself with infinite patience because I am like an unruly teenager, who spends my time ignoring my God.
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Aug 312 min read
TikTok
“‘Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered!’” (Mark 11:20).
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Aug 303 min read
Example
“You need interior life and doctrinal formation. Be demanding on yourself! As a Christian man or woman, you have to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world, for you are obliged to give good example with holy shamelessness.” (Saint Josemaria, “The Forge” at 450).
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Aug 293 min read
Prayer
“True prayer which absorbs the whole individual benefits not so much from the solitude of the desert as from interior recollection.” (Saint Josemaria, “Furrow” at 460)
Sarah Raad
Aug 283 min read
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