5 Lessons I Learned From the Life of Venerable Antoinetta Meo
I was fourteen years old when I learned that I was losing part of my left leg to a rare form of cancer called Myxoid Liposarcoma. To this day, the...
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Continuing to Foster Love for the Eucharist After First Communion
“Congratulations on making your First Communion!” our pastor announced to the almost 100 elementary-aged kids at our parish on a recent Saturday morning. “Now when will your second Communion be?” ...
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
I was sitting at my desk when someone said, “You’re surrounded!” Sure enough, there, on three walls in my office, was Our Lady of Perpetual Help, only one image of...
The Painter's Project
I’m lost in what could or couldn’t be. Not what is. I’m painting myself. Let me be Your canvas. Paint me with colors untold to eyes; make art in me. You, Painter of painters,...
St. John of the Cross
An Irishman taught me about the Spanish mystic, Saint John of the Cross, and I can’t imagine a better teacher. I learned from Irish Dominican Professor, Father Paul Murray, a...
Do You Want To Be Healed?
Jesus looks us in the eyes and asks us gently, “Do you want to be healed?” He gazes at us, not seeing our brokenness, but knowing the depths of our...
An Ode To My Savior
Jesus’ love for me is effortless. Aboundingly rich in grace and mercy. Jesus, I come to You to liberate me of sin, Imploring You to forgive Me of my faults...
Tending the Soil of Facebook Groups
When I first started to grow flowers I learned about “pinching” wherein you willingly cut back a substantial amount off of a healthy stem and leaves – sometimes more than...
Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart
Pierced Hands and Heart In Chiesa del Santissimo Nome di Gesù all'Argentina, commonly referred to by Anglophones as the “Church of the Gesù,” there is a startlingly powerful image of...
A Poem to the Greatest Unrecorded Wound
Jesus, You said Your most painful, unrecorded Wound from Your Passion was the bloody, Painful slice of the wooden Cross Rubbed so angrily into Your shoulder. You bore the heavy...
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