You build your nest with twigs and straw

and make your home up high.

You hope you'll do your very best, despite...

When we open our hearts to God as Mary our Blessed Mother did in her lifetime and allow Him to work through us as He did with Mary—we have everything we need in life.  We have God.

God could have chosen any way to carry out His will on earth; He chose the most unintimidating way to bring us the hope of...

To see God working in our lives

is difficult at times—

especially when we are under stress.

We do not always understand why events happen as they do,

which begs the question...

Anyone who has ever planted a seed can appreciate that gardening is indeed a labor of love. The feeding, the planting, the watering, and the daily maintenance — we do it all with one goal in mind — to grow a beautiful garden.  Developing our spiritual life is similar...