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Keeping Sorrow Company
*We share a sensitive story of domestic abuse ending tragically in today's reflection.* Over the summer I had the privilege of getting to know Joanne, a professional dog-handler, and to...
Fight Back Against the Lies and Doubt
The afternoon sun collaborated with the stained glass windows, throwing color across the wooden pew that I slipped into. I knelt and stared at the tabernacle. After a long silence,...
He Teaches Real and Total Forgiveness
For years I tried to bury the hurt and brush off the damage she’d caused. After all, her own childhood was abusive. Yet under all my dismissiveness (wrapped in a...
Get a Fistful of Dirt
I am a subpar gardener. One thing I thoroughly enjoy, however, is ripping out the dead plants which have failed to produce in order to make space for the healthy...
Live to Win
I dreaded conditioning season as a high school athlete. Equally awful was sitting the bench, and I sat the bench for almost an entire season of volleyball my freshman year....
The Measure with Which We Measure
I walked into the cafeteria, trying to hold myself together. Several of my classmates ran up to me, “What did she say to you?” The dam broke and tears poured...
That Both/And Double-Gut Punch
Catholics like to note that ours is a religion of “both/and” not “either/or.” Mostly that’s a good thing. We value faith and works, Scripture and Tradition. It’s a beautiful richness...
She's in the Business of Saving Lives
I remember the first time I helped save a patient’s life. Okay, maybe I’m being dramatic, maybe it wasn’t their life, but I remember the first time I helped a...
Restoration Is for You, Too
I took a deep breath and pressed my forehead against the cool surface of the window as raindrops began to fall. I was hoping to get a glimpse of her...
How's Your Gossip?
Years ago, I was a Missionary Director for a Catholic Movement in Arizona. We followed a set of "Rules of Life" based on Saint Benedict’s Rule which helped me prayerfully...
A Patient Guide
A little over a year ago, it was an evening like any other. Our kids were fed and we were winding down our evening with playtime, books, and baths. I...
He Loves Me
Every once in a while, I think back to my high-school self and wonder what I would tell the sixteen year old with acne and bleached hair if I had...
