Musings Of Sourire d’Marie
Meaningful and Multilingual Storytelling of Faith, Travels, Classroom Teaching Chronicles and All Things in Between!
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You have not, for you ask not!: The Coat
When I was considering moving to the Northeast in 2020 to pursue my Master’s degree, I was resisting this opportunity because of the harsh winters here. Growing up in Haiti, I have always enjoyed warm temperatures. When I moved to the United States a couple of years ago, I moved to North Caroline and quite…
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You have not, for you ask not: The Gift of a Pal
After graduating from Community College in May 2017, I transferred to a four year university to finish my bachelor’s degree. I was really excited to go but as things began to settle, my struggles with belonging became more and more evident. Before the Fall semester started, I had participated in a summer program for transfer…
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Demeurer en Lui: Ma Vocation Première
Cette année scolaire, nous avons eu deux semaines de vacances pour noël et c’était chouette. J’étais très contente de passer quelques jours avec ma famille. Malgré les vacances, je m’étais assurée de consacrer du temps au Seigneur à travers la lecture méditée de sa parole et depuis, ce mot est resté fixé dans mon subconscient,…
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Our ordered desires: The mirror of God’s heart
Why share with Jesus what I really really want if at the end of the day He has the final say after all?? I had often wondered about this earlier in my spiritual journey but I have discovered along the way that it was not entirely true. In 2018, I began journeying with a Spiritual…
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You have not, for you ask not!: The Nest
At the end of January of 2023, I would not have imagined even in my wildest dream that I would have found myself with no place to live once the summer 2023 would have started. But here I was, after moving to this new place in August 2022, a new invitation to trust was given…
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Remembering: The fuel For Gratitude
I don’t know about you but I sometimes struggle to savor the goodness and the blessings along the way. Often it is because I am looking for the next big thing, the extraordinary; I am living in the future instead of being fully present with a heart posture of gratitude even for the small things.…
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You have not, for you ask not!: A towel and A hotel room
Signing up for the International Youth Forum with Communauté de L’Emmanuel as well as World Youth Day 2023 a couple of months ago was truly embarking on uncharted territory but I just knew that I was supposed to go. Getting to Coimbra was an ordeal in itself: from train rides to late flights and everything…
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You are Remembered!
In 2021, during the season of Advent, it seemed that Zechariah, the husband of Elizabeth (see Luke 1) became highlighted to me. During the entirety of that season, I began to ponder about the biblical stories that primarily were connected to him. Almost a year later in november 2022, I wrote this piece that I…
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“La alegría es misionera” ¿Es la Tuya ?
El sábado de vigilia durante la Jornada Mundial de la Juventud 2023 en Lisboa Portugal, el Papa Francisco en su discurso a los jóvenes dijo una cosa que me marcó tremendamente. Nos dijo lo siguiente: ¡”La alegría es misionera”. ¡Ay qué declaración tan profunda! Pero la pregunta es ¿qué significa: “La alegría es misionera”? ¿La…