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For When You Doubt
"I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth . . ." I mumbled through Mass one Sunday in college. And then I stopped mid-sentence, tears welling...
Freedom through Forgiveness
In today’s reading, we see the powerful witness of what it means to not only forgive your enemy but to immediately love them and serve them in return. A couple...
Purple & Paying Attention
What was your favorite color as a little girl? That is easy for me. It was, and remained for a long time, purple. When I was seven, my parents bought...
J-O-Y with No Glue Required
My mother, a retired Catholic school teacher, once told me about a Christmas pageant gone wrong. For the big performance, her fourth grade students made homemade sashes with JOY in...
Closed Doors Aren't the End of the Story
My heart raced as I tapped the return key to publish a post on social media. It shouldn't be this way, I thought. It shouldn't be so nerve-wracking to invite...
Loving One Another is Tough
Why is it so hard to love one another? Loving each other is what God commands us to do in today's Gospel, John 15:12, and it’s one of the ways...
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....
The Lord's Pruning Hands
Snip! I held the garden clippers in my hand and watched the branch drop to the ground amongst the fallen autumn leaves. I continued to scrutinize the crabapple tree for...
Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled
My pen scratched furiously over the pad of paper on my lap. I was trying to get down all my mom’s instructions. Normally, I would be doing this for a...
The Wrestling, the Struggling, and the Doubts
I wish someone had whispered into my ear on my baptismal day long ago: Just so you know, it’s okay if you wrestle, if you struggle, if you doubt. I...
Dreaming with the Lord
When I was a little girl, I felt so free to dream! I would tell everyone I wanted to be an archeologist because I desired to excavate the bones of...
Manifest Your Resurrection in Us, Lord
"What do you want to do when you are well?" my new doctor asked me. I had gone through the emotionally exhausting routine of seeing yet another new doctor so...
