RETURN Series // Returning With the Ear of the Heart
I remember being in undergrad when my roommate and I were talking about just how busy our schedules were and how stressful our study load felt. It was then that...
RETURN Series // He Waits Forever
I remember returning home from a spring semester abroad. It was four months filled with beautiful walks along cobblestone, picturesque sunsets viewed from the Spanish steps, and an unexpected grace...
RETURN Series // Gathering To Spread the Good News
“Go, and announce the Gospel of the Lord!” More often than not, this is how we are sent forth from Mass. A friend of ours says jokingly that a better...
RETURN Series // The Tennis Match
On the surface, the Parable of the Prodigal Son is a story of returning. Dig a little deeper and you will be captivated by the beautiful illustration of the nature...
RETURN Series // Extending His Mercy To Others
“True, one can fall or commit infidelities, but, knowing how to draw profit from everything, love quickly consumes everything that can be displeasing to Jesus; it leaves nothing but a...
RETURN Series // Getting Back Up After the Fall
Last year, as the primary educator of my children, I received permission from my parish to teach my son his Sacramental preparation at home. Working closely with what our parish...
RETURN Series // The Father's Timeless Embrace
A Father Who Never Tires of Calling Us Back To Him Thankfully, God went looking for me, and like we read in Luke 15 in the Parable of the Lost Sheep,...
RETURN Series // The Dwelling Place of Friendship
“In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places.” // John 14:2 The “many dwelling places” in this verse always remind me of all the different seasons in my own...
RETURN Series // An Introduction + Invitation
In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. // John 14:2 Typically, when I read John 14 and meditate on how it applies to my life, it comes from...
3 Ways to Cultivate Devotion to the Precious Blood of Jesus
In the 2004 movie The Passion of the Christ, there is a poignant scene after the brutal scourging at the pillar. Jesus’ bloody Body is dragged away from the pillar,...
7 Surefire Signs He’s in Love with You
Love is a radical force that can profoundly transform our lives. Its initial moments might feel like sipping fizzling bottled-up sunshine on a July afternoon—captivating, sweeping us off our feet,...
What Saint Elizabeth Taught Me About Waiting
Right next to the pew I grew up in is a stained glass window of the Visitation. The image filled with hues of blue depicts Saint Elizabeth pregnant with Saint...
