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Moving in with Your Mom
Today, we celebrate the feast of Mary, Mother of the Church. As a cradle Catholic, I always loved and revered Our Lady. I knew she was important, I knew the...
It's What We Do and Have Always Done
My friend once relayed how startling it was to her when, after suddenly losing a close family member, her young children still needed her to feed them breakfast the next...
Those Judgmental Struggles
I knew it was a part of my heart that did not reflect the heart of Jesus. I knew it was rooted in pride and perfectionism. I was tired of...
Are You Afraid of God?
When you think of God, are you “terrified and trembling” like Israel in today’s First Reading? Maybe you have kept God at arm’s length because you have been told you...
Homely Hearts
We just concluded the season in which our Church celebrates the world-altering fact that God made His home among men. And in today’s Gospel, we get a front row seat...
Surrender Your Vision
My husband and I are dreamers. We enjoy setting goals and achieving them. We came into our marriage with a shared vision for our life, and we were hustling to...
Your Home Parish . . . in Rome
My eyes darted between the descending steps and the sweeping sunset as I skipped toward the bus and away from the archbasilica. An exhale forced a surrendered smile as I...
Will We Remember Like the Lord?
This time, the scroll through my phone was intentional. I was looking for old photos—specific ones—to add to a separate folder on my smartphone. My desire was to collect memories...
The Lily's One Day and Your One Life
“God created the pink ones because He knows it’s your favorite color,” I whispered to my daughter before she twirled amongst the flowers. We were visiting our local botanical gardens...
The One I Apologize to a Lot
Marriage has taught me the art of a humble, sincere apology. Even more, the art of humble, sincere forgiveness. Not many people require my endless forgiveness or my endless repentance....
Have You Also Been Burned?
He brings it up again during Adoration. The nudge, the call. Jesus has been tenderly stoking a near-absent fire in my heart. It once blazed, providing warmth and light, releasing...
Jesus Is Still Changing Me
Truly encountering Jesus in the Eucharist leaves one changed. It left me changed. A lifelong Catholic, I first encountered Christ in the Eucharist, as a Person, when I was sixteen....
