A Prayer to Love Others Better
Jesus, as I express kindness and tenderness to those who are the easiest to love, aid me in lavishing Your love on those I find particularly difficult. Help me see...
Ten Steps to Creating a Catholic Small Group
Years ago I was on a journey to find like-minded Catholic friends. I had been meeting with a small group for a few years but never quite connected on a...
I'm a Married Catholic. Here's My Honest Reaction To An Unexpected Pregnancy.
My husband and I were in the middle of our European honeymoon. We had just landed in Greece after spending a week exploring the streets of Rome. Based on my...
A Prayer to Grow in Selfless Love
Jesus, my heart is consumed and infatuated with the prospect of loving You. I desire to be worthy of Your love but know that my worthiness does not stem from...
When Wildlife Proclaims God's Handiwork
10 Animals (and Saints) God Used to Show His Glory There’s a line in the Gospels after Jesus calms a storm that always sends me into contemplating this question: “Who...
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Spring Spiritual Cleaning
These past few weeks I have begun to hear the song of springtime. While the melody remains faint, if I listen closely, I can hear expectant whispers of the symphony...
Gaze: A Reflection for Holy Week
Read: Then they seized Him and led Him away, bringing Him into the high priest’s house, and Peter was following at a distance. And when they had kindled a fire...
World Poetry Day Featuring The Saints
Pious Musings from the Saints There’s a quote from the English philosopher and writer Aldous Huxley in which he claims, "After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible...
Spring: Spiritual Significance and Bible Verses
On a late summer day, in the Italian hillside town of Castel Gandolfo, Pope Benedict XVI was speaking of springtime. He was encouraging the ancient practice of lectio divina, which is...
Saint Patrick and Forgiveness
“How did so great and salutary a gift come to me, the gift of knowing and loving God, though at the cost of homeland and family?” Saint Patrick wrote these...
Habits: A Prayer About Sacrifice
Read: “When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none. Then it says, ‘I will return to my house...
