Tag Archives: Pope John Paul II

Divine Mercy

By | May 8, 2012

On this past Divine Mercy Sunday, I imagined the blood and water flowing out of Christ’s side and over me like a waterfall of mercy. After Christ won for us salvation on the cross, the soldiers pierced his side, and flowing forth came blood and water. Jews during that time would immediately connect the blood and water flowing out of his side to the blood and water from animal sacrifices that flowed out of the temple into the Kidron Valley. The blood of animal sacrifices were used to purify

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In Case of an Emergency

By | October 25, 2010

On Friday October 15th, five female missionaries, including myself, were sent out to begin God’s international Life Teen mission by traveling on British Airways to Germany. As the plane was getting ready for take off, the staff went carefully through the normal safety features in case of an emergency but this time there was a helpful animated video to go along with the procedure. I noticed that I was pretty familiar with these instructions but when it got to the part of what to do in case of a

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