Comments on: Abundance over scarcity: trusting God to provide

By: Deny D. Ritz

Deny D. Ritz — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 09:03:53 +0000

Thanks for writing this very personal piece, Mary. I love what you say about God gives us more than enough simply for showing up to this party called life. I am beginning to see it that way too – that we take for granted what we are ‘born’ with.

But I still have difficulty thinking with abundance. There are often times when my fear of scarcity rules me. I will try what you say about loosen when fear tells you to cling and give when you might be inclined to withhold (now that I remember it, I once did give when I felt afraid, and my fear turned into relief).

By: Jim Schneider

Jim Schneider — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 14:43:04 +0000

Amen Mary!

IMHO it is our humanity and ego that keeps us from experiencing this THROUGHOUT our lives…

We complicate faith and life so much with our own expectations…

To maintain some sense of sanity in this heated election year my daily prayer is to simply… and focus on…

1. Love the Lord
2. Love our neighbors
3. Rejoice ceaselessly
4. Pray
5. Forgive
6. Love, love, love…

By: Teri Lucas

Teri Lucas — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 13:04:26 +0000

Mary,
As a regular reader of Catholic New York your column is one I read with regularity. As a woman I enjoy hearing about faith from a feminine perspective. My husband and I are dealing with some big stuff right now. We’ve been here before, and this reminder is good timing. God-timing.
It’s hard but it’s abundant.
It is the place where saying that I trust God to provide, means that the act of trusting God to provide is in action.

God bless you, thank you for continuing to write.

Teri

By: Allison L Gingras

Allison L Gingras — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 11:24:56 +0000

That was JUST what I needed today … thank you!! Right here in my everyday reading of morning email 😉

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 13:38:10 +0000

There is something about being in nature.