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Take the Risk
I can feel the red rising in my cheeks and ears, the sweat threatening to dampen my shirt, my pulse quicken. I try to calm myself enough so my voice...
Sacred in the Ordinary
Years ago, an impressive thunderstorm hit while we were at Mass. The storm was as abrupt as it was powerful because as we exited the church, the torrent of rain...
We Need the Grace to Live It
It's sometimes tricky to approach Scripture like today's Gospel when your life is, well, average. I don't often encounter the desperate needs of another, and because of that, I can...
He's the Author of My Wild Story
I stood in the bookstore, running my hands over book covers and flipping through those with the most interesting titles. All of them I put down until I opened The...
Who Do You Say that He Is?
Today's Gospel reading (see Luke 9:18-22) is such a tender-hearted one: here the disciples stand before their Lord after many chapters full of signs and wonders, of miraculous fish-catchings and...
Light in the Battlefield
There are certain events that are permanently seared into my memory—the fall of the World Trade Center, the fall of the stock market, and the fall of my faith in...
Shaking the Dust and Moving On
I don't like letting go. I especially don't like letting go of situations in which I have deeply invested my heart. It is never comfortable to leave people, places, things,...
The Word of God
I held the one-month old infant in my arms that frigid Minnesota morning. His four older brothers looked on dressed in suits. My husband and I had the honor of...
A Light Without a Light Bulb and Hot Dogs
I've spent years with others' lights shining around me, and proudly so. The sister who's an international speaker, the brother with the military accomplishments, the sister whose career in design...
From Guilt to Merciful Prayer
The other day as I was praying, I kept thinking about a friend who shared with me that she felt deep guilt for the mistakes of her past. She felt...
Unlikely Friendship
As you read this, most of the Blessed is She Team is gathered on retreat. We are a small community of extraordinarily ordinary women—a room full of sinners striving for...
Strong Little Acts of Love
Last summer, I made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and spent a month journeying from town to town in my rental car. The conveniences of modern travel were a...
