Jesus said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Then they abandoned their nets and followed him. // Mark 1:7-8 Love this print from Mariana Pimiento of Big Apple Catholic. Let His word dwell…
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By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 24
In a small living room, my mom and dad’s closest friends from their “Marriage Encounter” days back in the ’80s gathered to pray a Rosary like they had every Monday night for years. But this night, it was different.
BIS Reads // A C.S. Lewis Booklist
Clive Staples Lewis, popularly known as C.S. Lewis, was not only an incredibly influential writer during his lifetime, but has continued to draw thousands of readers over the years. He was born in Ireland in 1898 and grew up surrounded…
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 23
Traditionally, Saturdays are dedicated to Our Blessed Mother. As we conclude our meditations on the Fruits of the Sorrowful Mysteries, we can ask Our Lady of Sorrows for the grace to give ourselves—mind, will, and heart—to God.
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 22
The saints have said that at the end of our lives, we will be judged on how we have loved, especially how we have loved the most underprivileged among us. The Lord allowed Himself to be nailed to the Cross, to be humiliated and abused beyond our imagining.
Stay Awhile // Blessed is She Podcast: The Gathering Place Episode 108
Did you ever think your weakness, tiredness, and limitations could be a good thing? Let them lead you back to the heart of the Father. He wants to be your everything. This may be the last Gathering Place podcast…
How the Lord Has Gently Purified Me
This past Lent was the most transformative one I’ve experienced. It coincided with my Ovarian Wedge Resection recovery. During those forty days, Christ healed me not only physically, but spiritually. By Easter morning, I was made totally new. A few…
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 21
Many of us have had seasons in our lives when we were not sure how we would get through the day. Faced with life’s inexplicable and sudden burdens, our legs buckle and hearts tremble. Our Lord also knew the crushing weight of darkness, of sin. He bore all of it, carrying the Holy Cross up Mount Calvary.
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 20
In the previous Mystery, we reflected on the purity of Our Lord and Our Lady’s intention: their singleheartedness. In the Crowning with Thorns we see the truth: “He was tested as we are in every way but did not sin” (Hebrews 4:15).
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 19
The Saints and mystics recount the tremendous love with which Our Lord embraced His Passion and Death. Imagine the unflinching, resolute love that kept Jesus tied to that pillar, lash after agonizing lash. The vastness of His love is unfathomable. He endured it all to win salvation for each person—it was for you, dear sister in Christ.
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 18
The First Sorrowful Mystery // The Agony in the Garden Fruit of the Mystery // Conformity to the Will of God Reflect The night before my perpetual vows, in my family home, I had prayed in my room. My Sisters,…
Transformed By Light with Caravaggio
One of my favorite memories of Rome was when I visited the Basilica of the Chair of St. Peter in 2018. This was my fourth time there. We were delegates from 75 nations, and had assembled for the first CHARIS…
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 17
As human beings, we naturally run from suffering—because we are made for perfect goodness, truth, and beauty. We are made for union with God.
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 16
Each of the Fruits of the Luminous Mysteries—The Baptism in the Jordan, The Wedding at Cana, The Proclamation the Kingdom, The Transfiguration, and The Institution of the Eucharist—give us a moment in Jesus’ public ministry to reflect on and see how the work He performed 2,000 years ago is present to us today in our own circumstances.
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 15
I didn’t exactly understand what we were doing at the chapel during Eucharistic Adoration as a pre-teen, but I knew it had to be something really special because it was so quiet and peaceful.