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...
Healed and Restored // International Women's Day
Every March since 1911, International Women’s Day has been held around the world. This is a very important and necessary recognition of the needs and struggles of women and girls....
Female Doctors of the Church
If you are like me, occasions like International Women’s Month bring to mind a vast number of women and the work they are about in the world: religious Sisters, moms,...
Writerly Reflections on International Writers’ Day
“You should start a blog,” my friend declared. At the time—some sixteen years ago—I barely knew what a blog was. And I certainly did not know what business I had...
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Baby Names For The Year of Prayer
In preparation for 2025 as a Jubilee Year, Pope Francis declared 2024 to be the Year of Prayer in the hopes that the faithful will rediscover the centrality of prayer...
Dancing: A Prayer About Comparison
Read: “Now his older son was in the field, and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. And he called one of the...
