Don't tell me not to pray for Beirut.Don't. As all lebanese descendents, on the 4th of August 2020 I woke up with the news of a massive explosion happening in Beirut, Lebanon. While my kids were playing with their toys and my TV was playing some nursery rhymes in the background, I was there, sitting… Continue reading Beirut in my heart
A Season From God
It felt like we were never locked up in the first place. Over 100 days passed and I counted every single item my 3 children were outgrowing: shoes, singlets, socks, even the little hair bows and bands were loosing their colour, breaking or loosing their match. Then the weather started to changed from freezing cold… Continue reading A Season From God
What to Expect this Sunday?
St. Charbel's Monastery, Catholic Church, Sydney, Australia. Churches are open! Glory be to God! Our children are returning to school. Work prospects are on the horizon... we can even plan a small holiday somewhere near now! How exciting!!! And daunting... Wait a minute... we are going back to some stressors... we are changing one type… Continue reading What to Expect this Sunday?
Asking God through St Therese
St Therese's sign for me. It felt like a "dejà vu". Everything was shutting down again. "2 weeks" they say. "One more week" they repeat... and then the hit: an uncertain lockdown. I remember watching that press conference in shock. All of the sudden the sinking feeling you felt in your heart last year came… Continue reading Asking God through St Therese
St Therese’s Flower
A few weeks ago I encountered a situation that required a decision to be made. I decided to find a novena to help my family and me to make the decision, but a quick Google search did not help much. Because of that I posted the request for advice in a Facebook group of Australian… Continue reading St Therese’s Flower
Online Mass
Once again, thanks to the new outbreak of Covid19 restrictions were enforced to all of us to basically stay home and not leave, and, once again, us Catholics were deprived of our visits to our Church. When the Pandemic started in 2020 Churches all around the world stepped up and activated their resources and thanks… Continue reading Online Mass
Pray Constantly For Lebanon
As all lebanese descendents, on the 4th of August 2020 I woke up with the news of a massive explosion happening in Beirut, Lebanon. While my kids were playing with their toys and my TV was playing some nursery rhymes in the background, I was at home, sitting down looking at the videos and images… Continue reading Pray Constantly For Lebanon
Dear God
https://instagram.com/thankful.art?utm_medium=copy_link Dear God, I am tired. I know... you've heard this before so many times. I know it's being a while since the last time I prayed to You praising You, thanking You... All my prayers (if any at all) are short and angry or short and sad or just short... just saying: "God!!!!"... But… Continue reading Dear God
A Bunny
Look at that!Your safety Plush Toyhas landed into rest.You said "I don't need it"and my heart started to ache. Do you know how many timeswe've tried to de-attach youfrom this broken and fainted bunny?so many times! It was so funny!Her eyes were stitched up.The nose, well, not there anymore.The pink colour has fadedinto a weird… Continue reading A Bunny
One Year of Maronite Mum
What a year it has been! 365 days has already passed. Sharing stories, posts, novenas. Exchanging information, learning our faith and even finding out that there IS a village of Maronite Catholic Mums out there worldwide struggling with the same things that we might think mundane or insignificant. I created Maronite Mum as a mechanism… Continue reading One Year of Maronite Mum
Back to Church
You did it!I did it! We did it! We took our children to Church today! https://instagram.com/daltondesenho?utm_medium=copy_link by Dalton Junior How beautiful it was to hear their crying! To see them walking everywhere. When one quieted down, another cry was heard in the backround. You could see a father with a child going out, and another… Continue reading Back to Church
