Extraordinary Women: The Women in Our Lives
Lately, I’ve been fixating on a phrase: perfectly imperfect. As someone with a type B personality, I suppose this confirms for me that I do not need to be perfect....
Extraordinary Women: St. Catherine of Siena
When I was in eighth grade, my mom told me, “You don’t choose your confirmation saint—it chooses you.” I waved her advice off like any fourteen-year-old, and had my heart...
Extraordinary Women: St. Gianna
St. Gianna Beretta Molla is my homegirl. As a woman quickly approaching her late 20s who is Catholic, called to marriage, and gasp! still single, I find the fact that...
Extraordinary Women for Ordinary Time: St. Clare
This post originally appeared on Blessed Are The Feet. I need a qualifying clause before I begin this post: This is a post about sacrificial love in marriage. It’s a...
Extraordinary Women for Ordinary Time: St. Therese of Lisieux
The last six months have been a liturgical whirlwind. Advent sprinted by and ran headlong into Christmas morning. After only five short weeks of Lent, we were thrust into the...
Extraordinary Women for Ordinary Time
Ordinary Time can often feel like the doldrums of the liturgical year. We aren't preparing for a major feast or in a celebratory season. Summer stretches out ahead of us,...
Why Wait?
It’s a decent question, really. In today’s world, especially. Why wait? There’s really no reason for it anymore, right? It seems that waiting is quickly becoming a thing of the...
#BISsisterhood Link-Up // PEACE
Today we are talking about PEACE. "The Lord gives strength to His people; the Lord blesses His people with peace." Psalm 29:11 The Prince of Peace comes! He is the...
#BISsisterhood Link-Up // HOPE
Today we are talking about HOPE. "Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of faith is to see what you believe." ~St. Augustine We place our...
Living a Life of Gratitude
Last month I participated in a writing challenge for bloggers in which we posted 31 days in a row on one topic. I chose to write about Gratitude. It is...
#BISsisterhood Link-Up // UNCONDITIONAL
Today we are talking about UNCONDITIONAL. The love of a child is one of the best glimpses we have of God's unconditional love for each one us, of the love...
#BISsisterhood Link-Up // REMEMBRANCE
Today we are talking about REMEMBRANCE. "I thank my God in all my remembrance of you." Philippians 1:3 This week is one of remembrance -- those whom we love, those...