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O Root of Jesse’s Stem
Five months ago, I was in the Holy Land on pilgrimage and had the opportunity to pray in Bethlehem. The Church of the Nativity and the Shepherd’s Fields were full...
He Comes to Save You
"She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins" (Matthew 1:21). “God saves”—that’s the mystery of this season....
The Nature of Jesus
It may not be the most popular Gospel passage in the New Testament, but there is something about the genealogy of Christ that really moves me. Maybe it's the monotony...
The Word of the Day is Joy
Sisters! Happy Gaudete Sunday! Have you been to Mass yet today? Have you seen your priest in his rose-colored vestments or lit the rose-colored candle in your own Advent wreath?...
Coming Down the Mountain
Coming down from a mountaintop experience is challenging! Just ask Saints Peter, James, and John. They witnessed one of the most defining moments in Christ's time on Earth in the...
You Can't Have It Both Ways
For years before my deep conversion, I led a “double-soul-life.” I am a cradle Catholic, but I truly encountered Jesus as a Person for the first time when I was...
Real Lighted Candles or You're a Flop
Today is one of those days when social media can make Catholic women everywhere feel like losers before they’re even done with their morning coffee. “My daughter didn’t wake everyone...
Am I Not Here, Who Is Your Mother?
I spent a lot of evenings in tears my first semester of college. Night after night I plodded through the hall in my pajamas and slippers and downstairs to the...
Love Yourself Like He Does
"Like a shepherd he feeds his flock; in his arms he gathers the lambs, Carrying them in his bosom, and leading the ewes with care" (Isaiah 40:11). I sat in...
Down Through the Rooftop, Click, Click, Click
The paralyzed man is healed, body and soul, because his friends were an unstoppable force of getting this guy to Jesus. He can’t walk there? No problem. They get a...
He Meets Us in the Desert
Have you been wearing a “robe of mourning and misery” (Baruch 5:1)? Have you shed tears over broken relationships? Have you grown weary from long seasons of waiting? Has your...
Leaning in to Our Mother
“Hello?” my mother’s voice sings as she picks up my call. “Hi, Mama!” “You sound tired,” she immediately diagnoses me. Surprised, I start soul searching, “Oh really?” “Yes. I can...
