Paula Veloso Babadi shares Bible passages and an original poem focused on finding refuge in the Lord.
It’s Never too Late to Learn from the Baltimore Catechism
Paula Veloso Babadi reflects on what the Baltimore Catechism has taught her about loving and serving God by following His example of knowing, loving, and serving His people.
Falling Upwards to the Present Moment
Paula Veloso Babadi reflects on a time when God showed her grace during a difficult life change.
Healing and Repair: Lesson from the Compost Pile
Paula Veloso Babadi shares a reflection and poem about how God uses the sweet and bitter parts of life together to transform us.
Continuing Christmas Giving – All Year Long
Continuing Christmas Giving – All Year Long “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” John 15:12 Somewhere between youth and golden years, I began spending more than I could afford around the holidays. I thought that was the way my gifts […]
Heaven Scent: What My Father Gave to Her
Paula Veloso Babadi shares how her parents were living examples of valuing the gifts that truly count, as evidenced by some very special Christmas gifts.
The Path Late Taken
The Path Late Taken “Thy word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” Psalm 119:105 I am one of those people who let life happen to me rather than setting an intentional course for my life. But it is never too late to learn. As […]
Intermission
Intermission “Come to me, all you who labor, and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 Today’s gospel about the 10 lepers is well known to Catholics. Only one, the foreigner (a Samaritan), realizing he was cleansed, came back to thank Jesus. I can’t imagine living […]
Flammable
Flammable Our words and actions matter to others. When the natives in Malta took care of Paul and companions, they had no idea of the recent hardships at sea or the blessings they would receive when the chief’s father and many others were cured of illness. Can we say we […]
Thickets
Thickets are the middle stage of nature’s marvelous development of a forest. From a clear and open space, seeds of grasses, weeds and wildflowers take root and create a meadow that soon fosters shrubs and small trees. Eventually, through a process of change that means the dying of some to […]