Blessed Mother Teresa's birthday

Today is the anniversary of Blessed Mother Teresa's birthday. If time allows, I'll write a post about her later on but for now I'll leave you with some very simple yet poignant words with which she instructed me: 

"Keep the joy of loving Jesus ever burning in your heart and share this joy with others by your thoughtful love and humble service."

This is something we can all strive to do.

My son Joseph as a baby with Blessed Mother Teresa

Here is a radio segment which was recorded some time ago (Live at that time) in which I spoke with Teresa Tomeo about Blessed Mother Teresa and the interior struggle she experienced which St. John of the Cross had coined as a dark night of the soul. I hope you enjoy it. 

http://www.donnacooperoboyle.com/press/Donna-Marie-09-07-07.mp3

God bless you and yours. May your day be abundantly blessed!

Happy feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Mother!

Have a beautiful day on the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Mother!

Hail Mary, full of grace.

Our Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou among women,

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb,

Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.





Rediscovering Married Passion and Joy

I read a beautiful testament to Catholic marriage last night and wish to share it here. It's from author and OSV writer and editor Mary de Turris Poust.

She begins: "This morning I got up and hung a little sign on the window over my kitchen sink. It says: “Make a decision to love.” I taped one to the bathroom mirror and over my desk as well. What’s with the cryptic notes? They’re part of my re-entry into the real world after experiencing an eye-opening and life-changing Marriage Encounter (ME) weekend with Dennis.

This was our first ME experience, after years of hemming and hawing about whether we should go. I’d often suggest it, but we would always come up with a laundry list of excuses as to why it wasn’t possible. Mainly, how could we go away for an entire weekend when we couldn’t find a sitter for two hours on a Friday night?

And so we continued on our not-so-merry married way. We were still deeply in love, but it was a little less obvious with each passing crisis and every added responsibility. Our sacramental covenant was starting to look a lot more like a business partnership. What happened to the outward signs of love that used to make our inner commitment so apparent? If we continued to pile on things that pulled us apart, would our relationship eventually crack under pressure? We weren’t about to find out... (Continued on her blog: Not Strictly Spiritual)

Book contest winner tomorrow!

Remember, I am picking the winner of one of my book contests tomorrow! If you'd like to enter just read this and send a comment. :)

And by the way, the comments are quite amazing! It's so heart-warming for me to read all of them - getting a glimpse into your "domestic churches"!

Good luck!

God bless and hugs,

Donna-Marie