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On Our Lady's Lap
Nay rather, I have stilled and quieted my soul like a weaned child. Like a weaned child on its mother’s lap, so is my soul within me. // Psalm 131:2*...
Where's My Miracle?
“Amen, I say to you, in no one in Israel have I found such faith.” // Matthew 8:10 *trigger warning of miscarriage* I prayed over my belly through the tears...
Love Purified
I am amazed that you are so quickly forsaking the one who called you by the grace of Christ for a different gospel (not that there is another). // Galatians...
Following Him Radically
Then he said to them, ‘But who do you say that I am?’ // Luke 9:20 “So, religion is really important to you and your husband?” he asked. We had...
Learn to Serve
“Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there also will my servant be.” // John 12:26 “Why can’t Daddy sit with us during Mass like everybody else’s...
Never Abandoned, Always Loved
For in you the orphan finds compassion. // Hosea 14:3 My friend walked me to the back of the hospital to a small room with blue walls. There I met...
Jesus Is Our Narrow Gate
“Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction.” // Matthew 7:13 I am a wide-hipped girl. So when Our Lord...
He Calls Us to Breakfast
Jesus said to them, “Come, have breakfast.” // John 21:12 There are moments in life when we find ourselves as Peter did in the aftermath of the crucifixion: lost, confused,...
He Calls You Beloved
I hear the whispers of the crowd, that frighten me from every side. // Psalm 31:13 I was always someone who was very aware of my surroundings. What are people...
Align My Heart, Lord
You believe that God is one. You do well. Even the demons believe that and tremble. // James 2:19 How many times as a Catholic woman I have heard the...
¡Viva, Cristo Rey!
“¡Viva, Cristo Rey!” (Long live Christ the King!) I can almost hear him—sounding out these words with a full voice and a heart beating with conviction. Today we celebrate the...
Lord of My Life
I walked into the first day of religion class at my Catholic high school. My eyes fell on the bulletin board at the back of the room. In bold, big...
