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RISE & PRAY

REFLECTIONS FOR AN AUTHENTIC CATHOLIC LIFE

THE TINY WHISPER

NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Today's first reading from 1 Kings is a favorite scripture of mine. Elijah is on the mountain of God,...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Aug 9, 20202 min read

ORANGE SLICES & BOB SEGER

MEMORIAL OF ST. BONAVENTURE Today's Gospel introduces a joyful note into Matthew's tenth chapter, which is otherwise dominated by a theme...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Jul 15, 20202 min read

I SHALL HELP YOU

MEMORIAL OF SAINT KATERI TEKAKWITHA The feast of St. Kateri brings me back to my first summer as a full-time youth minister. I had been a...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Jul 14, 20202 min read

A WORTHY HOUSE

MONDAY OF THE FIFTEENTH DAY IN ORDINARY TIME Cris made it home from fire camp on Thursday. Friday, we spent the day on the motorcycle,...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Jul 13, 20202 min read

LIKE A SHEEP WITHOUT A SHEPHERD

TUESDAY OF THE FOURTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Yesterday as I finished up my blog post for the day, my phone rang. My phone never rings...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Jul 7, 20202 min read

THE DEMONS TREMBLE IN HIS PRESENCE

WEDNESDAY OF THE THIRTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME There were these two savage demoniacs . . . this is not the beginning of my bad joke...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Jul 1, 20202 min read

DO YOU CALL TO THE LORD WITH FAITH OR FEAR?

TUESDAY OF THE THIRTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME "Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?" (Matthew 8:26) Ah yes, the storm comes,...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Jun 30, 20202 min read

GOD DOESN'T ALWAYS SEND AN ANGEL

MONDAY OF THE THIRTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Cris and I have been married a year and a half today. This morning he got called out on a...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Jun 29, 20202 min read

CHANGE OF PLANS

THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME It is pouring rain here today. That is unusual for Jackson; we are more likely to have a quick passing...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Jun 28, 20202 min read

I SEE HIM IN YOU

THURSDAY OF THE TWELFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME "I never knew you." Climbing up and up and up, Snow King Mountain this morning. I could not...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Jun 25, 20202 min read

THE GRIT OF LIFE

SOLEMNITY OF THE NATIVITY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST It has been another morning where more things went wrong than right: a different one of our...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Jun 24, 20202 min read

THE ENDLESS TO-DO LIST

TUESDAY OF THE TWELFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME The Gospel of St. Matthew is filled with beauty. As we continue in chapter seven, today's...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Jun 23, 20202 min read

ONLY GOD KNOWS

MONDAY OF THE TWELFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Whew. Today is that Gospel. You know the one, remove the wooden beam in your eye first. Why...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Jun 22, 20202 min read

FEAR OF THE LORD

TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Speak in the Light. Proclaim on the Housetops. In our world today, it seems to me that fear and anxiety...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Jun 21, 20202 min read

CALLING HIM OUR FATHER

THURSDAY OF THE ELEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME In today's Gospel passage, Jesus teaches us to pray the Our Father. As one of the basic...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Jun 18, 20201 min read

MORE THAN FISHING

WEDNESDAY OF THE ELEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME On Sunday, Cris, Papa and I made our first fishing trip of the season. The Wyoming Game...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Jun 17, 20202 min read

THE KEY TO LOVING OUR ENEMIES

TUESDAY OF THE ELEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Love your enemies. Today's Gospel message is so straightforward that we cannot deny what...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Jun 16, 20201 min read

PEACE IS THE ANTIDOTE TO EVIL

MONDAY OF THE ELEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME I read this quote by Desmond Tutu this morning, "If you are neutral in situations of...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Jun 15, 20201 min read

POO, PIES & BACON GREASE

SATURDAY OF THE TENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Today's readings at first read might not seem connected. Although, if you have a morning like...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Jun 13, 20202 min read

GOD WORKS THROUGH EVERYTHING

MEMORIAL OF ST. BARNABAS, APOSTLE It was January 2014, our long bus ride from Baton Rouge to Washington, DC, for the March For Life had...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Jun 11, 20202 min read