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Aug 17, 2023

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When I was a little girl, I vaguely remember a silver and blue medal fastened to my school uniform with a pin. My mom put that medal on my uniform. I don’t remember asking any questions, but I still think that blue was so pretty.
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But honestly, I wasn’t a “Mary” person when it came to prayer.
Any personal prayer addressed Jesus or God.
10 years later my friend’s Mom gave me a Miraculous Medal keychain. I put it on my keys and life went on…

And over a decade later… it was that shrine I went to with this big idea about a Catholic gift guide and a giveaway.

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I poured my hearts desires on those little memo papers.
I asked Our Blessed Mother to pray for me.
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Without me knowing the details of the Miraculous Medal.
But that time I went in there with the gift guide and giveaway idea… I was asked if I was only going to write one blog post.

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And a few weeks ago, I brought about 30 women there for a retreat.

I didn’t pursue Mary, Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal… I pursued her Son.
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I did not plan to start a ministry that included an annual retreat…
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“I can’t go this year, but next year I hope to!”

I hear this every year when I’m planning the Prayer Wine Chocolate Retreat.

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Each year- each day- is a gift.
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Jesus reminds us all in the Gospels that we all really don’t know what will happen in the future.
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But I do know that when women attend a Prayer Wine Chocolate Retreat for a day, they say things like

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I understand life is busy. I feel strongly that the busyness is a distraction from the stillness Our Lord is calling us to.

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Get out your calendar and schedule a day to go to confession,
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