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Challenges, Both Epic and Everyday
Today’s Psalm gives us this vivid passage: "The breakers of death surged round about me, the destroying floods overwhelmed me; The cords of the nether world enmeshed me, the snares...
Little and Big Yeses
I have a confession to make: my relationship with Mary has never been as great as I would like it to be. I think part of the reason for my...
To Have Holy Courage
Even though I was heartbroken a year ago when our local churches stopped offering public Masses, I was filled with gratitude that at least the doors were still open. I...
Hear My Cry, O Lord
I slammed the door and stomped to my car. If one more thing went wrong today, I was going to lose it! Then I saw it—a flat tire. I could...
Living in the Tension of Joy and Sorrow
The older I get, the less I claim to know. The world, with all its complicated brokenness, has undone so much of my certainty, and discerning how God is working...
If You Had Been There, Lord
Growing up, it was the most natural thing in the world that my dad’s first stop in the morning paper wasn’t the front page or sports section, but the obituaries....
Truth Hide and Seek
Ding! I groaned as I read the incoming text. “Did you happen to get to that letter of recommendation yet?” I mulled over my response as the half-finished letter sat...
Go to Joe!
As we continue to journey with the Church through this beautiful Year of Saint Joseph, we celebrate today the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The...
Never Abandoned in Our Sorrows
I headed for the bathroom, tears streaming from my eyes. I’d finished off the box of tissues, and toilet paper was all that was left to dry the mess of...
Singing New Songs
I had packed my bags and moved to Ireland, hauling my harp through airports and arriving with excitement to begin a year-long intensive study of Irish music. Ready to "sing...
Pushing Back on My Pride
“Mom, are we going to pray?” “Oh oops, let’s do that now,” I reply hastily as I take a deep breath and let their words center me, humble me, and...
The Cry of Healing Tears
I smiled as I watched them dance. A father and a daughter dancing together in their kitchen on camera. Her face luminous, exuding pure and unfettered joy. His face overflowing...
