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Little Calls from God
I heard the bell buzz over the intercom and groaned inwardly. I was supposed to put down my work and enter the chapel for prayer, but I wanted just a...
Climbing Every Mountain and Trying to Do the Lord's Will
If you were to ask me to quote the entirety of the film "The Sound of Music" from memory, I probably could. Throughout my years as a child, teen, young...
Following Him for the Long Haul and Today
My preschooler asks how many minutes remain in his quiet time for the fifth time today, and the baby woke up early from her nap. It’s almost four o’clock and...
Community, Trust, and Healing
Community matters. Community is often a word or idea that so easily gets brushed aside. It's easy to go about our day, seeking Him and doing good, but doing so...
Lord, Heal Me of My Fear
The leper in today’s Gospel (Mark 1:40-45) asks to be made clean, healed of his disease. It’s a request I know well. I pray it every time I am sick...
Good . . . er . . . Busy
“Good . . . good . . . busy . . . really busy . . . but good.” Those are my standard responses when people ask me how I...
Hold Nothing Back in Prayer
I sat on the hard, dark-stained pew and lowered the kneeler until it softly thudded on the carpeted floor. A soft spotlight shone on the Tabernacle, and sunlight brightened stained...
Clarity, Fishing, and Our Hearts
When Jesus called the disciples it was so clear, wasn’t it? Come, He said, Come and follow Me. They saw His face, they heard the tone of His voice, and...
Long Line of Yellers
I come from a long line of yellers. I remember my mother saying to my father, “You don’t have to yell at them” and hearing the response, “They don’t listen...
Can You Hear Me?
I took a pregnancy test last week. It was negative. It was negative like all of the other negative tests I’ve taken. And all of those tests over all of...
Sometimes Healing Looks Different
A few years ago my beloved aunt was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. While our family earnestly hoped and prayed for a miracle, my aunt came to peacefully accept whatever God's will would be for her. This past summer, we said our goodbyes as we watched her leave this life to go on to the next. In the end, healing looked different than what my family imagined or wanted.
Every Drop of Energy
Christ used a parish priest from Uganda to show me what it looks like to love my brothers and sisters. I met Father B. shortly after I experienced a deeper conversion in my faith. During that beautiful process, the verse in today’s reading became far more evident in my life.
