Your New New Year's Resolution
I first heard of Reform Wellness during Lent on this episode of the Poco a Poco Podcast. I, like so many, have been spiritually formed by the Franciscan Friars of...
Slow Down, Make the Connection
This time of year stirs our hearts to be generous in how we give and to whom we give, but there is another facet of this desire to be charitable...
Who's at Your Thanksgiving Table this Year?
We are moved to give during the Christmas season and may restrain from going overboard on the Christmas gifts because of our awareness of others going without. Our culture emphasizes...
Ways to Honor Our Lady in October
October brims with the anticipation of all that fall brings. Nature begins to point us towards a slower shift in our routine as the leaves change colors, we change out...
REMEMBER Series // Physical + Emotional Healing
Welcome to our Remember series, where we pause to reflect on how God has proven faithful in the past so to help us place our trust in Him in the...
The Complementary Intercession of Saint Joseph and the Blessed Mother
The old adage states that “behind every strong man is a strong woman.” Secular culture has typically subscribed to the notion of the man being the one who takes action,...
Worldly Comfort as an Ideal: How to Combat It
I remember when we got married, I joked with my husband that I missed the graffiti from my inner city neighborhood. It’s not that graffiti is something to be applauded...
Blessed Chats: College // Financial Discernment
Welcome to our Blessed Chats series! Each month, we will dedicate an entire week of blog posts to a topic that affects many of us. These conversations often come up...
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.Â
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.
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 14
As a child, I thought holiness was only available to those who lived in convents or were cloistered in some remote mountain top experiencing absolute solitude praying for the rest of us poor sinners down below. That image I had about holiness changed as I grew in my faith.Â
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 13
What a great opportunity these past couple of months have offered us to exhibit charity, forgiveness, love of neighbor, compassion, and dying of self.
