Last week was tough, and know that we are praying with and for you. What we as a community, city, and state experienced last week was traumatic. If you break down crying today (or any day), it is okay. We are coming off the fight mode and survive mode and it will take sometime for our brains and bodies to process what we just went through. Give yourself a ton of grace this week and even into next week. We are saying a ton of prayers for you all today, this week, and into next week.
This poem was passed to me on Sunday, and it is just another reminder that even though we all went through it in different stages, and even if you do not think yours was as bad as someone else's, it is still important to talk about, share, and most importantly listen. Talking, sharing, and listening lets our minds process it all and talking and sharing with others helps the healing process begin. If you need a listening ear we are all here for you and each other, do not hesitate to reach out.
"You’re not imagining it, nobody seems to want to talk right now.
Messages are brief and replies late.
Talk of catch ups on zoom are perpetually put on hold.
Group chats are no longer pinging all night long.
It’s not you.
It’s everyone.
We are spent.
We have nothing left to say.
We are tired of saying ‘I miss you’ and ‘I cant wait for this to end’.
So we mostly say nothing, put our heads down and get through each day.
You’re not imagining it.
This is a state of being like no other we have ever known because we are all going through it together but so very far apart.
Hang in there my friend.
When the mood strikes, send out all those messages and don’t feel you have to apologize for being quiet.
This is hard.
No one is judging."
Donna Ashworth
Author of poetry book, ‘to the women’
Join us on Sunday afternoons from 4-5pm to discuss Parenting from the Inside Out. We meet every other week.
Our next session is Sunday, February 21 from 4-5pm and we will be discussing Chapters 2 and 3.
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Sunday Parenting Book Discussion Group
Join us every other Sunday 4-5pm as we read different books to be better parents!
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Prayer for a Spiritual Communion
My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament of the altar. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart … I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You.
On Sunday, December 27, 2020, Bishop Joe Vasquez is asking us to celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph and the Inauguration of the Year of the Domestic Church in the Diocese of Austin.
Throughout the next year, we will focus on twelve monthly themes with accompanying resources. No matter whether your household is a home of one person or a family of many, we are all called to bear witness to and share the Gospel with our families and within our households. These monthly themed items will be ready to for parishes to utilize, implement or share on the first Monday of the previous month.
May we experience the merciful love of God throughout the next year as we grow in faith in our household, personal and parish family.
Throughout the next year, we will focus on twelve monthly themes with accompanying resources. No matter whether your household is a home of one person or a family of many, we are all called to bear witness to and share the Gospel with our families and within our households. These monthly themed items will be ready to for parishes to utilize, implement or share on the first Monday of the previous month.
May we experience the merciful love of God throughout the next year as we grow in faith in our household, personal and parish family.
This month for the year of the Domestic Church that Bishop Joe has initiated, the theme is prayer in the home. Thank you to the submissions we have received so far! We are excited to highlight the Kirsch Family this week.
Here is a picture of their home prayer center.
HUGE thank you to all the families that submitted their Prayer Centers in their homes, thank you!!!!
For the month of March and the Year of the Domestic Church, we are celebrating Lent in our homes. Please submit how you are celebrating Lent in your home to Rachel Vaughn at rvaughn@staustin.org. We cannot wait to see your homes this Lent!
