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Amaze Jesus with Your Faith

Amaze Jesus with Your Faith

I realize my desire to have a welcoming home for Jesus comes at my family’s expense. “Put your toys away. Let’s try to keep the house tidy for Jesus’ birthday....
November 29, 2021
Persistence in Couponing, Persisting in Faith

Persistence in Couponing, Persisting in Faith

I wouldn’t say my mom is a coupon queen exactly. I have seen coupon queens, and they don’t mess around. They carry around their coupons in alphabetical order and keep...
November 13, 2021
The Interior Life Longs to See Him

The Interior Life Longs to See Him

The last time I had visited Mountain Charleston, I wasn’t a wife or a mother yet. This time, I stood, surveying the pine trees in front of me, inhaling the...
October 24, 2021
The Word Resides in You

The Word Resides in You

The last two summers our parish has been blessed by the presence of a visiting priest from Chicago, Illinois. His homilies exude deep interior reflection with the gentleness of a...
September 01, 2021
Never Out of God's Sight

Never Out of God's Sight

I arrived in Puebla, Mexico in January 2007, grieving the loss of my father the past October. I was ready to unleash my hurt, anger, and rebelliousness in a land...
August 25, 2021
Family Dysfunction, Forgiveness, and Mercy

Family Dysfunction, Forgiveness, and Mercy

In today's reading we hear that "Pharaoh directed all the Egyptians to go to Joseph and do whatever he told them” (Genesis 41:55). It gets me thinking about the price...
July 07, 2021
Sarah's Laughter Is My Doubt

Sarah's Laughter Is My Doubt

Abraham’s warm hospitality is a gift that he gives freely to his visitors in today’s reading from Genesis. He ensures that they are cared for and well fed. God multiplies...
June 26, 2021
Freedom through Forgiveness

Freedom through Forgiveness

In today’s reading, we see the powerful witness of what it means to not only forgive your enemy but to immediately love them and serve them in return. A couple...
May 11, 2021
In the Name of Jesus, Words Can Bring Healing

In the Name of Jesus, Words Can Bring Healing

I remember towards the end of a phone call with my friend, she said, “Let's pray!” We blessed ourselves over the phone, and I closed my eyes as she began...
April 07, 2021
A Tax Collector's Heart for Jesus

A Tax Collector's Heart for Jesus

It never occurred to me how much I took for granted of being able to receive Jesus in the Holy Eucharist of the Mass before the pandemic. We always had...
March 13, 2021
Messy Mornings Are the Will of the Father

Messy Mornings Are the Will of the Father

Every year my goal for the New Year is to wake up before the kids so I can get my prayer time in. I need a couple of minutes to...
January 21, 2021
The Tender Embrace of Holiness

The Tender Embrace of Holiness

No regal adornments or robes of glory clothed the parents of the Christ Child; rather, two simple human beings conformed to the will of God. As I look at the...
December 27, 2020