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For the World's Sorrows
My heart ached for them. A family I loved was fractured and breaking under weight of personal sin. My job was simply to love them through it. I couldn’t fix...
The More We Love
The sparse hospice room was lit with filtered light, and the hall was empty. There was only the sound of the shallow breath of my loved one laying near, his...
Reconciliation Can Be Found
I was shaking with self-righteous furry as I looked at the text thread. Did he really just say that? How could a grown man put those words together in a...
Wondrous Deeds for You
A friend told my husband that we had changed. He didn’t say it as though it was a good thing. Since my conversion we had become "too religious." I think...
Jesus Said It Three Times
Do not be afraid. Do not be afraid. Do not be afraid. Jesus says this three times in today’s Gospel, Matthew 10:24-33. When Jesus says things once we should listen....
Remain Hopeful and Be Encouraged
Many years ago, someone close to me was involved in a serious car accident. It changed her life dramatically as she suffered a closed-head injury as well as other serious...
Lineage and Legacy
As I look at the date on the calendar, I feel a squeezing in my heart. My oldest graduates from high school this weekend. The emotion isn’t so much pain...
Remaining in God's Light
I am a rule follower by nature. It seems to be woven into my DNA. For a very brief time period in my late teens, I tried to be rebellious....
Real Rest, Planned Rest
Around here Sundays are for a lot of things—celebration of the Mass, household chores, meeting with friends at the park for a little soccer, or, in my case, frequently catching...
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...
Living in Endurance
Baking and praying. This is how I cope. I realize this as I sift and mix, wiping flour from my fingertips. Recently bad news seems to accompany every phone call...
Release It in Prayer
I first began attending Mass when I was in my late teens. I was smitten with a handsome Catholic guy who was serious enough about his faith that he attended...
