If you're looking for inspiration, you don't have to travel to a monastery or hermitage. Inspiration sometimes comes in emails - and the Diary of St. Faustina.
Saint Faustina called Mary her "mirror." A mirror tells the truth. A mirror reflects light to help us notice our flaws so that we can eliminate them. And a mirror shows us when we have improved, when we have taken one more step toward becoming as beautiful as we were made to be.
Marie Romagnano, RN, stood before a conference hall filled with 200 medical professionals on Wednesday afternoon and asked for a show of hands for how many have read the Diary of St. Faustina. Nearly everyone raised a hand.
As the nation struggles for answers in the aftermath of the horrific Virginia Tech massacre of April 16 in Blacksburg, Va., we can find inspiration in the midst of the tragedy to forgive and pray as people of mercy. Our witness can testify to a hurting world that ultimately Divine Mercy - not evil - has the last word.
The bride hesitated, embarrassed at her gown's stain from a fall on her knee. As the Bride of Christ, all of us have that blot on our souls where we, too, have fallen.
The set quiets down, and cameraman Jason Addington zooms his lens to frame the face of Fr. Joseph Roesch, MIC. "All right, stand by," Jason says. "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 ..."