Filling the Master's House
Today's Gospel passage shakes me; it makes me nervous. I read it and pray, "Oh shoot, Jesus! Save me from myself!" My days are filled with excuses. Groceries to put...
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Humility. It Is No Joke.
Humbly Seeking Humility. Selfishness. Its a killer. If you didn't pick up on the theme in the First Reading, welp, it's reiterated in the Gospel too, don't worry. Did you...
Hope Does Not Disappoint
I used to work in a hospital where a dove sticker was placed above a patient's door shortly after he or she passed away. This sticker, which was not much...
Shining Light, Shine On
What rich and beautiful readings God gives us today on this Feast of All Saints. First, Saint John’s striking revelation of the “great multitude which no man could number ....
We are Not in this Alone
Do you have a Paul or Timothy in your life? Someone who is filled with the Spirit? From whom God’s love just overflows? Today I had the gift of attending...
The Battlefield. The Battle. The Gear.
We all have a battle we are facing. The Enemy ultimately is always the same: that little rascal snake. The hardest battle in our lives we face is choosing Christ...
The Response
If you were fortunate enough to make it to Mass today (I was not), you heard this Psalm refrain: The Lord is faithful in all his words (Psalm 145: 13...
The Household of God
Full disclosure: some days I have no clue how to run a household. My husband and I have one house, two jobs, and three kids to take care of....
A Seamless Love
Were you ever that kid in class? You know the one I mean; the one with all the questions and the smart retorts. The one who always knew better than...
Grace and Gardens
“Let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure. Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good” Luke 13:8 In today’s...
Attentive to the Simple Things
I smiled at Jesus's words to the crowds: "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, 'A shower is coming'; and so it happens....
Who is First?
After a day of playing in the crashing waves, we washed up in the public shower as best one can when trying to wash sand off while still wearing...
