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Le blog de la Bergerie Un site catholique et bilingue, franco-américain, sur la foi, le monde et la culture, avec des prières et des commentaires et des photos de nature, dans les Alpes et en Californie. A Catholic French-American worldview with faith and gratitude, prayers and photos of nature, taken in the French Alps and in Northern California
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![]() The sky is blue, the sun is back and Ocean Beach is as vast as ever!
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HERETICS AND TATOOS |
A TRIBUTE TO MY MOTHER |
![]() BAGELS AND LOVE |
THE DESCENT: traditional or dissenting?
A commentary on "Light in Darkness" from Alyssa Lyra Pitstick . I read it, I engulfed myself in her book after attending her lecture at St. Dominic. And I kept thinking about it. I found it fascinating to read and research this very subject. But He did tell us to keep our eyes on HIM and that it would suffice.
Read HERE
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A TRIBUTE TO MY MOTHER (suite) |
"WHAT MEN LIVE BY"
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"THUNDER AND ME " (La foudre et moi) |
MY OWN ADVICE FOR THE JOURNEY |
ALLEGORICAL vs LITERAL SENSES |
Rene Girard |
PRAYERS & SAINTS & SPIRITUAL LEADERS
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Full Moon over a Fir Tree |
Waters of the Earth and Streams of Faith |
PRAYERS & MEDITATIONS
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A Moment of Terror in my Room: Alone, in the dark, I went from normal to terror in a few seconds...
Everything can change so very quickly! We think we know what is going on and how easily we can become confused and bewildered.
Read more
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PRAYERS & SAINTS
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A Trinitarian prayer before sleep |
The 3 stages of life |
SUFFERING... or Ma Vie Est Magnifique!Pondering about the paradoxical moments of "tension" vs "elation" which we sometimes encounter in life. Or another way to put it is How can there be happiness when suffering is so close to us, knocking at the door of our heart? But the truth is that we can and we should, nevertheless, still attempt to see it, to feel it, to find it and to spread it. Read more HERE |
"Stunned by Divine Providence in the movie: "The Innocents" ![]() |
ENCYCLICAL: LAUDATE SI, from Pope Francis: it is all bout the care for creation, the need to share our planet and its resources with all, and especially the ones coming after us.
He makes it clear that this is not "his idea", that it is there from the beginning, in
the Psalms, in the parables of Jesus, in the life of the saints,
such as Saint Francis Link: Here
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Saint Isaac and Saint Kateri |
The Domestic Church |
ENCYCLICAL: CARITAS IN VERITATE from Pope Benedict XVI,
on man and on his proper development in the world; with excerpts, commentaries, mine, many others, pros or cons, and my photos with my favorite quotes! Link: Here
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The Communion of Saints as a terrific formative school! I learned about it rather late in life (although it is definitely never too late) but it is such a fascinating school, extremely enduring (talk about the fact it has been going on for thousands of years!) and it is accessible to each one of us, the only thing needed for access is the humility to ask for help and the respect due when facing much more experienced people and learned people, much more than us, and much more than we first realised! |
MY PILGRIMAGES TO THE SANCTUARY OF ARS where lived Saint Jean Vianney, le Curé d'Ars. A very small village, where everything is centered on this wonderful Saint, known all over the world. Located in the region of "Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes". I am posting numerous photos of the beautiful country side since we usually arrive by foot, from another village 3 miles away.
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