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title: "How Can I Keep from Singing - Episode #8"
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# How Can I Keep from Singing - Episode #8

Feb 28, 2010 1:00:54 PM  |  by [Susan Bailey](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/susan-bailey)

[![](https://static.hsstatic.net/BlogImporterAssetsUI/ex/missing-image.png "dove")](https://static.hsstatic.net/BlogImporterAssetsUI/ex/missing-image.png)In this episode, Susan shares a special gift of grace that God extended to her regarding her mother, despite a sense of melancholy that the season has brought. She also shares an answer to prayer which has proven to be a real Christmas gift from God.

[podcast]http://media.libsyn.com/media/sungrosary/8_how_can_I_keep_from_singing-grace_and_gifts.mp3[/podcast]

Music: "Lord, Send Out Your Spirit" written and performed by Susan Bailey

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### [Susan Bailey](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/susan-bailey)

Susan Bailey is the author of *River of Grace: Creative Passages Through Difficult Times* (Ave Maria Press), and *Louisa May Alcott: Illuminated by The Message* (ACTA Publications), part of their Literary Portals to Prayer series. Along with her blogs Be as One and Louisa May Alcott is My Passion, Susan writes for the Diocese of Worcester newspaper, *The Catholic Free Press*.

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