Mariel Roersma

I am a cradle Catholic living in the Midwest. I have an Associate's Degree in Computer Science. I am involved in various ministries at my Church, including Bible Study, Theology on Tap, and the Prayer Line. My blog is faithhopeandlife.wordpress.com.

Latest Articles By Mariel Roersma
The Best Gift
The Best Gift
When you are around lots of different people, you see they appreciate many different things. Some appreciate the simple things and others the not so simple things. Lately though, I’ve had numerous people remark that prayer is the best gift you can give someone. Yes, prayer, talking to God.
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Thank Heavens For The Good Ones
Thank Heavens For The Good Ones
Good people, and I mean the really good ones, are harder and harder to find. There are those who go out of their way to spend their days leading others to God. There are those who spend their days serving and loving and living by example. There are those who spend their days impacting others and not even knowing it. Those are people to thank God for at the end of the day.
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Pursuing God's Call
Pursuing God's Call
God's different in a way. He calls us each to something. But it's not like our phone rings and we pick it up. Sometimes we feel what He is calling us to early in life but sometimes it takes a lifetime. The question is, once we find out what God wants us to do, how do we about pursuing that?
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Mary and Prayer
Mary and Prayer
There are many things to learn from our Blessed Mother. And she certainly was a woman of prayer. She cried out to God in many times of need. And I’m sure she must have prayed for others too. And what better gift to give to others than the gift of prayer?
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Strengthening The Parish Bond
Strengthening The Parish Bond
How many of us know the new people who sit in the pews on Sunday? How many of us put forth effort to make others feel welcome? Not enough, I'm sure. Maybe that is one reason why the pews are so empty. One way to maybe fill up those pews is to strengthen the bond.
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Christian Friends
Christian Friends
God didn't create us to be alone. From the very beginning when He created Eve, He made that pretty clear. It's important for us to have friends in our lives who have similar beliefs, who want to journey with us in our faith.
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May Is For Mary
May Is For Mary
As we enter this month of May, we think about Mother's Day, but we also should be thinking about Mary. She is especially honored during this month. May Crownings often take place. Special emphasis is put on the Rosary. And there are other ways to honor our Heavenly Mother.
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Crying Out To God
Crying Out To God
There are times when you cry out to God and then there’s really times where you cry out to Him. That is now. Watching my best friend destroy her life one day at a time is heart-wrenching. And I know in my heart that only God can fix this downward spiral.
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He's Always There.
He's Always There.
God is always with us but sometimes I think we forget that. That is until something happens, and we realize He did something for us.
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Measuring Up
Measuring Up
Today our family laid our oldest relative to rest. She went to the same Church for all 96 years of her very faith-filled life. What I want to remember about her was her faith. She had a deep love for God and for serving Him. The question is how to go about living up to that much faith?
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Cherish Life
Cherish Life
Sometimes we go through something that sucks the life out of us. Sometimes we go through something that we can’t even wrap our head around. Sometimes we go through something that makes us see we need to cherish life and what we have been blessed with.
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Realize It
Realize It
Jesus died on the cross to save us all. He went through more pain and more suffering than any of us can fathom.
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Cracks and Lent
Cracks and Lent
Right now, we're in the midst of Lent; a time to fix what is broken in our lives, in our relationship with God and maybe even with other people. And I got to thinking about something while walking around the other day and seeing cracks.
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Pray For The Lost
Pray For The Lost
I've noticed something when I've gone to Mass. Sometimes death turns people away from God. A person loses their loved one and they don't come back to Church. And I'm not sure why that is. But I am sure about what to do for those people, and that is pray.
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Bad Things Are Good?
Bad Things Are Good?
It's often said that bad things happen to good people and good things happen to bad people. But did you ever consider that to God, the bad things we go through, the crosses we carry are actually good? Those times, the ones that seem the hardest are the times when God is actually working in us. Those are the times when He wants us to focus on Him.
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