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Invite Him In
I click on my right turn signal as my phone map instructs me to turn right at the next street. I feel a bit turned around, but surely the directions...
Closeness to the Brokenhearted
Right about now we are praying for the snow to melt and the rain to stop. We have endured a harsh winter that has some us still vibrating from snowblowers...
He Suffered First
Last summer I learned firsthand the reality of Christ’s presence to those who suffer when I came down with Lyme disease. It attacked the joints in my right leg so...
Pouring God's Glory Out on the Earth
I was in trouble. A powerful and intimidating employer was assigning me work that was immoral, a grave offense to the tenets we hold most dear regarding the dignity of...
The Bleeding Heart
We all have hearts that bleed, hearts that feel and ache and love. I wonder how we’d live if we actually saw that. I wonder if we’d bleed alongside them,...
Jesus Invites Us to Fast
"The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast" (Matthew 9:15). Sisters, these days of fasting have come. Welcome to Lent! Jesus,...
His Law Means Our Happiness
Growing up, my family had this delightful wood-burning stove that we would faithfully light in the cold winter months. Every autumn that meant hauling load upon load of firewood to...
Even Now
"Even now, says the Lord, return to me . . ." (Joel 2:12-18). The first line of today's First Reading took my breath away. Even now, after sin and failure,...
Lent Is About Love
As we savor the last morsels of Mardi Gras and lean into Ash Wednesday tomorrow, we probably have our Lenten goals set. But goals can be tricky. It’s easy to...
I Would Do Anything for Love, But I Won’t Do That
It’s my favorite and least favorite Lenten preparation: being honest about what I should give up and take up for the forty days of fasting we’ll embark upon on this...
Death Does Sting
“O Death, where is your sting?” is a powerful battle cry in the face of Satan who has lost to Christ’s astounding victory. (See 1 Corinthians 15:55.) My inner poet...
He Wants to Be with You
I remember a favorite picture from my childhood Bible of today’s Gospel reading from Saint Mark. Jesus sat beneath a tree, His face lit by a warm smile. A small...
