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Showing Our Delight
As I read this opening of Saint Paul’s letter to the Thessalonians, I can’t help but cringe just a little. He is so filled with love, and joy, and exuberance...
Building on Broken People
I used to work with older adults and was surprised how much I enjoyed conversations with them as they shared stories of their lives. One man I worked with told...
Finding Your Dory
My favorite plot line in the Pixar film Finding Nemo is the fact that Dory never leaves. Dory, a friendly blue fish with short-term memory loss, meets Marlin, a paranoid...
Clothed in Glory
Sometimes I feel lost like I am on the outside of life looking in. I feel lost when I believe the lies that I am not good enough for God...
Meaning of Idleness
"Why do you stand here idle all day?" (Matthew 20:6) The word 'idle' has new meaning to me in the midst of a week serving in Lourdes, France. For those...
Saddle Up That Camel
In Jesus’ time, many people believed that material wealth was a sign of God’s favor . . . a misconception that can still be seen today in “prosperity gospel” preachers...
Abandoned to Him
I am mother to three small children. They demand my thoughts and attention. They require so much of me both mentally and physically. The season I am in is a...
Be the Advocate
One afternoon, a patient walked into our office without an appointment with tooth pain. After telling me her symptoms, she burst into tears. Through sobs she apologized for crying and...
Blooming as a Missionary Disciple, Right Where We Are
Sometimes I struggle with the fact that my faith is so childlike. I'm not great at articulating the core truths of our Catholic faith. I'm not the best at effectively...
Fractured Relationships, What God Desires for Us
It wasn’t uncommon for my exasperated mom to cry out, “I can’t have anything nice because of you kids!” when my brothers or I broke, stained, or ruined something around...
Blessed Are You Who Believed
Imagine the joy of the Blessed Mother at the moment of her Assumption. There she is as a unified human being with both her body and soul brought into Heaven...
Shrinking Away or Stepping Up
When my husband and I were raising our four children, we were acutely aware of our responsibility to help them navigate the physical, emotional, and spiritual dangers of this life,...
