Jess
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Faithful Catholic, widow, mom, opera-singer-turned-artist-of The Living Heart Co. Old church lady in training.
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Please pray for the repose of the soul of my dear husband, who died overnight. And for my kids and me as we navigate this nightmare. Rest in peace, dear.
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Yesterday my cousin lost his sweet little girl, Jane, in the same way I lost Michael. She went to bed at night and woke up in heaven. There were no medical issues, no warning or hint of anything wrong. Knowing what a profound, brutal, unrelenting type of grief this is,
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It’s been two weeks since my husband left the earth and I want to thank everyone here who has prayed for the repose of his soul and has shown empathy and support for us. It is a comfort to know we’re not alone when that is how his death made us feel. God bless!
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Hot take: priests should limit confessions to 5 min a person and if someone needs more time they should make an appointment. Agree or disagree?
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It’s pretty cool when the friend you grew up with becomes a priest; even cooler when that priest becomes your boss. (That is, if you like him, which thankfully in my case I do.) Using this photo op as a reminder to pray for priests!
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The Daddy-daughter dance hits differently this year, but her Uncle Mark was more than happy to step in and give her a night where she felt like a princess going to a ball. Thank God for uncles! 🙏🏽
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I humbly ask you to keep them close in prayer as you have us. The prayers matter. Jane’s parents are two of the most devout and lovely people I know, and their hearts are irreparably shattered.
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@Michele73374857
I’m not privvy to the info about whether they vaccinated or not, (I’m guessing they did not) but regardless this type of snap judgment and assumption is an insensitive response to news about a young family’s tragic loss. Some things are inside thoughts.
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Someone just demanded to see my husband’s obituary as proof for why her order shipped late. Folks, please don’t be like someone.
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🧵 Today after church a couple pulled me aside to let me know that they own a construction company, and owner shared with me that his father had passed away when (owner) was a teenager and now, 50 years later the thing his mother remembers most is-
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“Oh Lord, everything good in me is due to you. The rest is my fault.” -St. Augustine
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If there must be a silver lining to the most traumatic, difficult time of your life, it is the community that I’ve found myself a part of- and not by accident but by God’s providence. I just pray He lets me pay it forward somehow. Free piano lessons perhaps? 🙏🏽
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“Life is eternal, and love is immortal, and death is only a horizon, and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.” -Rossiter Worthington Raymond
If you’re seeing this could you please spare a prayer for the repose of Michael’s soul? 3 weeks in eternity.
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-how people have shown up through the years to help fix things around the house. After that he told me to make a list of everything around the house that needs fixing pr building because they would be offering their services to me not just now, but forever, free of charge.
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Some are saying his obituary is too long. I don’t think it’s long enough. How do you condense a whole person into any number of words?
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If you feel moved there is a fundraiser to help cover the cost of the funeral and burial expenses. God bless. 🙏🏽
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And I should have said “my cousins,” or at least my cousin and his wife. They are both suffering an incomparable sorrow.
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Daughter has been complaining of isolated upper back pain w/high fever for 3 days. Doctor didn’t think an x-ray was necessary but I insisted, bc I’m in my not-gonna-wait-to-see-what-happens era, so she said ok, but “only bc I was asking.” Lo and behold my child has pneumonia.
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Did you hear the Corpus Christi sequence at Mass this morning? If so, was it the long or the short version?
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Vain repetition? A thread.
I taught piano lessons for more than twenty years and learned the value of repetition. In fact, I read a book on the science of repetition and how it activates different parts of the brain, bringing us into deeper focus where learning happens best.
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Prayer to Our Lady, Undoer of Knots; for when the “knots” of our lives feel too tangled for us to manage alone:
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Well, it’s been a while! But I have a new painting to share! I began this more than a year ago with the intention of creating a partner painting to the Sacred Heart image to display together. May the Holy Hearts intercede always for us, amen! 🙏🏽
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What would have taken my husband 20 minutes took me 2 hours, but the bicycle is built. Good night. ✌🏽
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Today we committed Michael’s remains to their final resting place. It has been cloudy every single day in Michigan for months. But this afternoon there wasn’t a single one in the sky, and the sun was shining warmly. ☀️😌
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I challenge any Protestant who thinks Catholics don’t read Scripture to attend Easter Vigil. 🫠🫠🫠
#iykyk
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My 5 yo drew this Catechesis-of-the-Good-Shepherd-inspired illustration of an altar. Isn’t it sweet? 😄
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@PoliticsWatch14
I’m not sure if you’re aware but burials are expensive. This is a young family who doesn’t have an extra $20,000 laying around to bury their child. The purpose of this fund, and subsequently this post, is to support them in their most difficult time.
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“How honored and magnified is mankind through the Holy Virgin Mother of God, for it has been made worthy of renewal and sonship by God; She herself was made worthy by her immeasurable humility and exceedingly great purity and holiness to be the Mother of the God-man!”
#theotokos
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We were set up in a blind date. ❤️🩹
The comments on this are great 🙂
If y'all wouldn't mind dropping a comment/quote tweet of where you met your spouse & a pic - people seem interested 🤷🏻♂️
We met on hinge 🙏
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@P_McCulloughMD
@JenniferJablun1
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@VigilantFox
@TheChiefNerd
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@DrNoMask
My husband, 46, died suddenly last week. The autopsy findings indicated no heart incidents, but his lungs were wet and “congested.” Are there other vax-related deaths with similar findings? His last boost was over two years ago.
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Be careful if you begin to pray the Litany of Humility every day. God will honor your prayers by giving you ample opportunities to be humbled. 🙃
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Lord, help me to greatly desire that which I already have. 🙏🏽 Amen.
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Here’s a sweet memory in honor of Michael, 1mo. after his death: when my daughter was 3 she broke her leg and didn’t want to keep her cast on. But then daddy came home with a special bunny who also had a cast, and she didn’t feel so alone. Long live Baby Bunny Bun. Best daddy. ♥️
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He died of natural causes and the medical examiner didn’t see a need for an autopsy, however, we elected for a private autopsy. The results of the gross examination were inconclusive but ruled out many things-
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@TheMistressB
He wants none of us to be lost. He will also judge us. These two things are not in contradiction to one another; it is a logical fallacy.
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The homily at little Jane’s funeral today was the most convicting, comforting, and inspiring I think I’ve ever heard- and was especially meaningful because Father Rob is Jane’s uncle. If you have ten minutes, it’s worth a listen, beginning at 1:50:00.
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@TotvsTvvsEgoSvm
I waited an hour and a half for confession today, and I arrived right at the beginning. There were 6 people ahead of me. Well worth the wait but I can’t do that every week because Saturdays are typically my family day as I play music at Masses on Sundays!
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Heart attack/congestive heart failure
Embolism
Stroke
Aneurysm
The embalmer found no obvious clots during embalming, too.
Samples were taken for microscopic examination and this histology can take months to complete.
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@ChocNsexy
I get it; I have recovering addicts in the family. They are not less worthy of our love. ♥️
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1. In a world with a positively toxic relationship with grief, what a consolation it is to have a mother who teaches us its validity. The very fact that the Blessed Mother grieved at all is profound and telling.
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@MementoMori_JMJ
We added guidelines for receiving Communion to the worship aids. I love that our pastor explains at every funeral- in a gentle, loving way that if you’ve prepared yourself to receive you can come forward. If you’ve not or aren’t Catholic you can come for a blessing.
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The internet can be a really wonderful thing. Here I am with two fellow adoptive moms whom I met on Instagram about 8 years ago. Having bonded over our shared struggle to parenthood we developed our own little support system online and have kept in touch over the years.
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My neighbor has mowed our lawn every week (without asking- just showing up!) since the weather necessitated it. What can I give or do to show my gratitude? What are your best ideas?
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God is so good.
I think it sends the wrong message about God when you only hear this after prayers are abundantly answered. Let’s normalize proclaiming His goodness in the trenches, too. With no caveat or “even when…” Just a simple: God is so good.
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I know people mean well, but someone just said to me, “my husband was deployed most of our marriage. You and the kids will figure it out. You’ll be fine.” and with that one sentence confirmed that I’m not ready to be around people.
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“Behold the Heart which has so loved men that it has spared nothing, even to exhausting and consuming Itself, in order to testify Its love.” Blessed Solemnity of the Sacred Heart!
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“For every believer…especially for Christian families, the humble dwelling place in Nazareth is an authentic school of the Gospel. Here we admire, put into practice, the divine plan to make the family an intimate community of life and love.” JPII Happy Feast of the Holy Family!
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@Chad4328
No one worships Mary, and praying to someone isn’t worship. Glad we cleared that up. 👍🏽
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One of the happiest moments of my life was not when I became a mother, but when my son first called me “mama.” Adoption brings a dichotomous commingling of joy + sorrow, and with it a tension through which your joy, at the cost of someone else’s loss, is filtered, esp. early on.
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My daughter is like her mama; she processes things through art. It first broke my heart, to just see the three of us. But as is typical for her, there’s so much hope and optimism in her heartache. My little beacon of light.
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“My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the way that will lead you to God.” Blessed Feast of Our Lady of Fatima! Don’t forget to pray your rosary today, kids!
#OurLadyOfFatima
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IMO the only redeeming thing about “Mary Did You Know” is that a whole group of Christians who never give Mary a second thought for fear they may accidentally worship her, spend time meditating on the mystery of the incarnation through her eyes through the song.
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@jakecmelik
He first asked for pancakes, so I made them, then he decided he wanted eggs instead so I made those, too. 😂🤪
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Just peeked out the window to see my neighbor clearing our driveway and walkway. God has really revealed Himself through our community; and I credit the graces from all of the prayers as to why I’m not angry with Him and feel very close to Him right now. So, thank you.
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Sisters celebrating birthdays. 🥳 If you can, send up a prayer for the sis in the middle. She’s 35 today.
#sisterssisters
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Finish the sentence:
“No Catholic library is complete without __________________.”
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@PineWoodsRunner
I’m so very sorry. I experienced the same rhing with my husband, aged 46 twelve weeks ago. I truly sympathize with what your sister in law and your family are going through now. You will be in my prayers.
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So let me be clear: the hardest part of all of this isn’t that I’m going to be parenting my children alone. It’s being painfully aware at every moment that I will never, ever see my husband again in this life.
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Well we were on time for school but the boy only had one sock on. Still calling it a win.
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@HenryCr71185534
A few weeks ago I made confession and had some heavy things thay came up that needed discussion, more like counseling. The priest absolved me and invited me to make an appointment with him to talk more. I think that’s ok. Everyone got to receive the sacrament that came for it.
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I have a two-hour commute today.
Should I
A. Listen to an audiobook.
B. Present a one-woman performance of Les Misérables for no one.
🤔
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Today is the anniversary of my son’s baptism- look at that perfectly angelic face! Just a year prior to this I’d left copies of the novena to St. Anne in the Adoration chapel and asked anyone who would to join me in praying for a child or that God relieve me of the desire…
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“I am definitively loved and whatever happens to me—I am awaited by this Love.” Happy Feast day of Saint Josephine Bakhita. 🙏🏽
#catholic
#feastday
#catholicsaints
#catholicchurch
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The Eucharist is not a thing, but a person- may our communion with Him in Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity truly change us! 🙏🏽 Blessed Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ!
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Someone keeps ringing our doorbell and running and I don’t find it humorous. For one thing, it’s raining, so who is out there galavanting around picking on widows and their children. For another thing, I’m getting tired of sitting by the door with a frying pan.
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@TheMistressB
Non-Catholics have a very different understanding of what worship means, which makes it pretty easy for people to call virtually anything “worship.” The Catholic understanding of worship is pretty defined, so it’s hard for us to understand how anyone could make such claims.
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I figured out how to turn on our irrigation system, and I just want the world to know. 😂
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“My soul is sorrowful even to death.”
Prayer for Holy Week by Henri Nouwen:
“Dear Lord, your disciple Peter wanted to know who would betray you. You pointed to Judas but a little later also to him. Judas betrayed, Peter denied you.
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@PapistMelli
Yes, this. Infertility and loss trauma are wounds I carry with me permanently, but I do not expect others to be the gatekeepers of my pain and trauma. Celebrate your pregnancy; talk about how in my it is; vent about how hard it is to be a mother. And leave my healing to me.
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“Today there is a great silence over the earth, a great silence, and stillness, a great silence because the King sleeps; the earth was in terror and was still, because God slept in the flesh and raised up those who were sleeping from the ages.
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Hail Mary, full of grace….
Please pray for my husband Mark who is fighting for his life. He had an aortic tear and after 5 hours of surgery things aren't going well but they are working hard to save him.
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QT a picture of yourself when you were much younger.
QT a picture of yourself when you were much younger.
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This week I’ve learned to use power tools, change a door knob, repair drywall, and replace mini blinds. It doesn’t seem like much but…
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Nights like these make me so grateful to be alive. 😊 Happy Fourth, friends.
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@theladykatie
It depends on what that means. The natural state of being alive does not necessarily presume access to these things, hence nomadic life, but all humans have a right to not have these needs withheld by someone with authority or power where and when readily accessible.
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So my take, and it’s a relatively uninformed take based on the minimal reading I have done, is that there is an actual science to why the rosary is prayed the way that it is. And that’s pretty cool.
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@RCamposDuffy
God took human form, Christmas is literally the celebration of His taking HUMAN FORM. The absence of form and features in this pinterest-fail “nativity” speaks to the disturbing effort of modernism to homogenize what God created to be individual. Monstrosity is right.
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I’m recovering from (minor) surgery and am so, so bored. Give me your best book recommendations! Please and thank you! 🙏🏽👇🏽
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@vancemurphy
This was me. And I feel like a ticking time bomb now. I wanted to sing opera and teach voice without masks. Ofc that was a lie. Thought the worst thing would be an impact on fertility (due to anecdotal info at the time) and I am infertile already so I caved. Never again.
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Throwback to this 100% realistic portrait my 4 yo son made of me, perfectly capturing how calm and well-rested I always am. 👀🙃
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@TheMistressB
It’s not the “taking” of a child that’s problematic. It’s the transactional commoditization of human life; the intentional creation of life knowing the child will be separated from the only mother he/she’s known for the sole purpose of satisfying adult desires.
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@KatiePMcGrady
I imagine if I’d never gone to school; never established a career, never continued working some (PT) when my kids were born. I’d be a destitute widow now. Sometimes God calls us moms to work in His providence. I’m extremely fortunate that I am able to provide for my kids now.
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🧵 The first two hours of the 24 hours of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luisa Piccarreta. Since these illustrations are being commissioned for a devotional written for young adults or even children, I brightened up the colors. (Before & after)
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In your charity, I humbly ask you to pray for the repose of the sole of my beloved shoe. It enjoyed a long and esteemed career, but alas, its watch has come to an end. (Sorry, I just couldn’t help myself.)
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When your iphone memories remind you how much life changes in a few short years…
#anotherlife
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