Comments on: It Is Love I Desire, Not Sacrifice https://www.acatholic.org/love-desire-not-sacrafice/ DAILY MASS READINGS AND REFLECTIONS @ ACATHOLIC.ORG Mon, 13 Apr 2020 21:24:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Anonymous https://www.acatholic.org/love-desire-not-sacrafice/#comment-3704 Thu, 24 Mar 2016 23:13:07 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=55638#comment-3704 A very rich reflections for a person like me who has a husband working in a far away land. I’m looking forward for his retirement so that we’ll be together soon for good. I would like to serve a ministry that will give me joy and fulfill my being as a Catholic one day.

Thank you Laura and the rest of the authors who everyday share the love and care to people like us who read the daily gospel. I hope more people will be touched by the Lord to grace and read the Catholic Moment everyday. God Bless You especially this Lenten season!

]]> By: Sandy https://www.acatholic.org/love-desire-not-sacrafice/#comment-3536 Sun, 06 Mar 2016 14:12:59 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=55638#comment-3536 I’ve been away from this site for a few days, due to my own busy-ness. Thanks, Laura, for your special reflection. All the writers here have a gift for drawing me back and keeping my focus on where it needs to be. Blessings!!

]]> By: Anonymous https://www.acatholic.org/love-desire-not-sacrafice/#comment-3528 Sat, 05 Mar 2016 21:25:46 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=55638#comment-3528 I needed this today-just when I felt so miserable-you touched my heart and soul. Thank you.

]]> By: Olajuyin Ademola Busayo https://www.acatholic.org/love-desire-not-sacrafice/#comment-3527 Sat, 05 Mar 2016 21:01:55 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=55638#comment-3527 Thanks Laura for this thought provoking reflection…No doubt it will go a long way in strengthning relationship across board…The Website too has really been a blessing as it provides me with a daily dose of clinical reflection on mass readings…Big Kudos Laura, keep up the good and Godly work!

]]> By: Dr Nancy Anashia Ong"onda https://www.acatholic.org/love-desire-not-sacrafice/#comment-3526 Sat, 05 Mar 2016 19:45:36 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=55638#comment-3526 Thank you Laura for this website. I am in Africa but let me assure you a catholic moment has become part and parcel of me. I read it daily and it is the reason for my transformation. All the writers touch my heart and I thank God for them. A Catholic moment forever. Amen

]]> By: Anonymous https://www.acatholic.org/love-desire-not-sacrafice/#comment-3525 Sat, 05 Mar 2016 18:30:17 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=55638#comment-3525 Laura, I just can’t vividly express my feelings while reading your reflection. I was filled with utmost joy, respect, admiration for your sacrifices. God desires love and not sacrifices, rightly so. But the sacrifices you made and time shared in your ministry with inmates wouldn’t have happened if the love was not first grounded. It takes a lot of courage to live that life in a world of glamour and comfort. You are an embodiment of a true Catholic. There is no doubt that we are all sinners, some of us are more sinful than others. If I was able to live half of the life you lived, I will have hope of getting into purgatory when that ultimate ending call comes from our Father. Just pray for deeper sinners like us. May we grow in our love for God so that everything we do will be guided by His love.

Thank you! Thank you! Laura for founding A Catholic Moment. Reflections on this site have been extremely inspiring, touching and striking. They speak directly to our conscience and positively influence our spiritual journey. May the Holy Spirit continue to direct the thoughts and writings of all the faithful writers of A Catholic Moment.

]]> By: BKW https://www.acatholic.org/love-desire-not-sacrafice/#comment-3524 Sat, 05 Mar 2016 15:18:57 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=55638#comment-3524 Laura, your reflection and comments brought me to tears. I so identified with so much of what you posted about family life and sacrifices we make as moms. I feel like I’ve devoted so much of my life to my children and grandchildren. Occasionally I have those moments of wondering why I didn’t make more of my career, etc. then I realize, that just wasn’t Gods plan for me. I’ve gotten more love and fullfillment from my vocation as a mom than any job outside my home. Now I am able to minister to the sick and the poor & I find love and gratitude in abundance everyday in that service!

]]> By: Judy https://www.acatholic.org/love-desire-not-sacrafice/#comment-3523 Sat, 05 Mar 2016 13:23:13 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=55638#comment-3523 Thank you Laura! God led me to ACM the other day when I had a question about the readings and now I feel He has truly guided me once again! Your words as well as the other writers lift me every day as I begin my day and inspire me to follow and live by God’s words. As a stay at home mom, I connected to your story immediately! I thank God every day for allowing my focus to be my family- our time wth our children is so precious (and short) and they need to know that they are our priority (as well as a gift). I trust and pray that He will continue to direct my life as He has planned. Your words today continue to inspire my devotion and love for my family and others in the name of our Lord- Blessings Always!

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