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Saying Sorry Is Hard and Healing
We were soaked in sunscreen, swimsuits, and sun-wrap dresses. It was spring break my sophomore year of college, and our family took our customary trip to Mexico. Blissful, carefree, and...
Squelching Your Conscience, Being Like David
Today's First Reading always makes me somewhat queasy. David goes to great lengths, all to cover up his own sin. The wheeling and dealing and scheming and murder. It's disgusting....
The Divine Promise-Keeper
“God will provide.” A simple phrase my mom refers to as 'my tagline.' They are words I have repeated for as long as I can remember, even prior to my...
Gardener of My Heart
It is the dead of winter here in the Upper Midwest. Dead isn’t really accurate, is it? Perhaps a more accurate description would include dormant, waiting, brimming with potential. My...
Dancing Inside, Completed by His Love
Father processed throughout the room, the gleaming monstrance held high, light reflecting from the shiny points surrounding the Eucharist. The smell of incense lingered, and the chapel was silent save...
His Endless Mercy
Cold fear filled my heart as I waited in the long Confession line, dreading pronouncing the words that named my sin, one I could not bring myself to give up....
Do Not Be Afraid of the Darkness
"The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light" (Isaiah 9:2). Sisters, we are all walking together on this pilgrimage to Heaven, but do you notice how often...
The Totality of the Circumstances Test
"These signs will accompany those who believe . . . " (Mark 16:17). In today's Gospel, Our Lord tells the eleven Apostles to go out and tell the whole world...
You Called Me By Name
You called me. Appointed me. You called me by name, into existence. You called me to be with You. You called me into a family. Into a group of friends....
Whatcha Heard About Me?
In high school, I lost my best friend. We used to be neighbors, and we had been friends since we were four or five years old. We grew up together;...
The Lord Delivers Us
The snow whipped around our car as we traveled through the wet lake-effect snowstorm east of Lake Erie. My Michigan-native husband gripped the wheel, focused on the barely visible track...
Still Working on This Discernment Thing
On paper, this guy was perfect, everything I wanted in a future spouse. It was like God had designed him with me in mind, and we were going to live...
