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Who is Shaping Your Life?
When my mom was pregnant with me, my paternal grandmother suggested that my parents name me “Chika,” a shortened version of the name "Chikaodinaka," which in Igbo means "It is...
We Live to Love
I closed my eyes and sighed. I wanted five minutes, just five minutes to myself when I didn’t have to answer questions, explain a math concept, clean a dirty pan,...
You Will See Clearly
One of the most treasured experiences in my life is watching the sunrise. The way the light captivates the horizon and illuminates the sky reminds me of the enduring promise...
Stepping Out of the Shame and Sin
There was a time when I believed I was too flawed and too sinful to be loved and healed by Jesus. I grew up with a very broken concept of...
My Distracted Rosary
Mary “kept all these things in her heart” (Luke 2:51). As we celebrate today the Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we are invited to deeper...
Oxen Pulling & Farming with Jesus
About two years ago, I was working through some life frustration and loneliness. In the quiet of prayer, God gave me an image to sit with. Two oxen were pulling...
Who is Your Eternal Teacher?
My grandfather and I spent much of my childhood huddled around a magnetic drawing board completing arithmetic problems for fun. We would take breaks to eat nachos and waltz around...
What Is Hidden
I rocked my son for hours in the dark the first autumn of his life. He spent those long nights in pain from cutting eight new teeth, and I sat...
Suddenly, I Can Hear
Earlier this year, I was feeling an intense sense of spiritual desolation. As of January 1st, I had set out to read more Scripture, pray my Rosary every day, and...
When Things Don't Make Sense
Lord, attend to my sighing—do You hear me? I have so much weighing on my heart. This {day/event/broken relationship} doesn’t make sense. Injustices in the world, unfairness in our family...
Jesus Is Still Changing Me
Truly encountering Jesus in the Eucharist leaves one changed. It left me changed. A lifelong Catholic, I first encountered Christ in the Eucharist, as a Person, when I was sixteen....
Lost and Found
Today is the feast of Saint Anthony of Padua. During his lifetime he was known for his masterful preaching, knowledge of scripture, and love of the poor. Now, of course,...
