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Midst the harrowing horrors of Hurricane Harvey...

8/29/2017

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RONDA WAS RESCUED FROM THE HELLISH HURL AND HOWL BY AN ARK ANGEL AND IS NOW IN SAFE HARBOR HAPPILY HALE AND UNHARMED.
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From the prophet Zephaniah:
A shout will be raised from the Fish Gate,
from the town, howls...
a day of distress and agony,
a day of ruin and devastation,
a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of cloud and blackness...

From Psalm 17:
The waves of death flooded round me,
the torrents of Belial tossed me about,
the cords of the underworld wound round me,
death’s traps opened before me.
In my distress I called on the Lord,
I cried out to my God:
from his temple he heard my voice,
my cry to him came to his ears.
The depths of the oceans were laid bare,
the foundations of the globe were revealed,
at the sound of your anger, O Lord,
 at the onset of the gale of your wrath.
He reached from on high and took me up,
 he lifted me from the many waters.

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Assúmpsit me de aquis multis.
But the ghost of the storm still haunts;
so Ronda'll be blogged down for the nonce.

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9 Toes: Full Fathom 5

8/9/2017

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Wondering what heaven will be like; think of the most joyful moment of your life on earth and multiple by a million.

​Don’t let negatives states of mind become like quicksand; instead immediate pray “Deliver me from the bad spirit of _____________(anxiety, anger, whichever) I lay it at Your feet, dear Jesus, take it away.



​Into your Heart,  Jesus, I surrender my future.
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Absent no more

8/8/2017

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I was away for a week visiting my daughter, Carla, in North Carolina, where she is going into hospice home care for what seems like terminal cancer.
We are all struggling with so many conflicting feelings.  She finds it unbearably hard to think of leaving all those she loves so much.
Here are words she has sent me since my return to Corpus Christi:

We don’t know that today is the first day of the rest of our lives.
There are too many
permutations available.
Nor is NOW everything,
as previously thought.
No, today the questions seems
THOU
​and within that
​all the answers.
This image came to me in the night. 
I thought it could be universalized as an image others could focus on
in similar situations: 
Carla,
you are taking us
with you,
in your heart,
into the heart of Jesus,
where we will one day
be
Together Forever.

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I am considering compiling a collection of such word-pictures
as the TOGETHER FOREVER verse above.
​Here is my plan:
IMAGES OF GRACE
from
​Contemporary Catholics

 
Compiled
by
Ronda Chervin

 
Introduction
I love it when a speaker or writer comes up with an image the perfectly expresses
​an idea or an experience.

Scripture is full of such images from being “raised up on eagle’s wings” to “the pearl of great price.” So are the writings of the saints.  But you readers are all familiar with these.  How about fresh images from contemporaries of lesser fame?

Images of Grace is a compilation of such word-pictures from
​the talks and writings of such 21
st Century Catholics,
illustrated by one of my favorite graphic artists, James Ridley, of goodbooksmedia.  

An example would be the 'Together Forever' image above.


If you have any you like e-mail them to me at 
[email protected]



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    Ronda Chervin received a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Fordham University and an MA in Religious Studies from Notre Dame Apostolic Institute. She is a dedicated widow, mother, and grandmother.
    Ronda converted to the Catholic Faith from a Jewish, though atheistic, background and has been a Professor of Philosophy and Theology at Loyola Marymount University, the Seminary of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, and Franciscan University of Steubenville. She is an international speaker and author of some fifty books about Catholic thought, practice and spirituality. One of her latest is LAST CALL, published by Goodbooks Media.
    Dr. Ronda is currently retired and living in Corpus Christi, Texas after her years of teaching philosophy at Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Cromwell, Connecticut.
    You can contact her via e-mail by clicking here or by emailing [email protected] directly.

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