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The Light of My Life
It’s a simple thing. But one of my life’s greatest pleasures is opening my curtains to let the light in. During a quiet morning, waking after a night of nursing...
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...
Love God with All Your . . .
You should love the Lord your God with all your . . . Heart How is your heart, dear sister? Mine is tattooed with scars from loving others deeply, and...
Our Patient Father
A young girl, so astray, sat comfortably, but utterly broken, in her chains. She knew they were there, but she refused to believe it. I thought I was being a...
Learning to Love My Bum
My whole life I have struggled to accept and love my body. It has been a source of deep pain since I was a little girl and grew out of...
The Invitation Home
The verse before today's Gospel is one of my favorites, hands-down: "Even now, says the Lord, return to me with your whole heart; for I am gracious and merciful" (Joel...
Let the Healing Begin
I hear the cries before my four year old even makes it into the house. Huge sobs as he pushes open the door, screens slamming behind. Bursting into the kitchen,...
Our Misunderstandings and Frustrations
A huge misunderstanding unfolded. My limited Amharic (language spoken in Ethiopia) did not help me this time. I angrily yelled at the taxi driver for charging lots more than we...
Misunderstandings, Mercy, and the Heart of Jesus
We sat together at our assigned table, sharing stories to build that specific kind of intimacy that grows between strangers on retreat weekends. One woman, a psychologist, shared about a...
When You Don't Want To Be Entrusted
Entrustment. To entrust to someone is to give in trust. In Polish, our beloved Pope Saint John Paul II describes this as “zawierzenie” a term used to describe entrustment and...
Where Do You Go with Your Deep Longing?
For the most part, I know the right things to say because I’ve said them a million times before to myself and others. I know the right things to do...
Let's Get to Work
My father was always tricky to please. It wasn’t necessarily his fault. It was the chemicals in his body—they made him angry. When he skipped his medication or depression crept...
