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Pencil in Some Rest
“Time for la sieste!” The lilting French voice floated to me through the stairwell. “Okay, just a minute!” I called back in my best French, eyeing the stack of paper...
Be a Child in God's Love
God calls Moses by name in the First Reading today. Have you heard Him call you by name today? Moses answered, “Here I am.” (Exodus 3:4) Have you given this...
Mighty Deeds in Our Midst
Recently, I've received some very significant healing in my life. It's not yet full or complete in its entirety, but it is great nonetheless. It is a kind of healing...
Losing My Life
What is it about the Gospel message that makes us want to fight it? Jesus knew that His message, His call to self-sacrifice, to a life of holiness would bring...
Seeing and Hearing
When spring came, Saturdays became family yard work and gardening days at Casa de la Breen. As a child, I HATED them. I had the worst attitude. I would endlessly...
Humble Pie, Coming Right Up
Y’all know the heaving sobs. The kind that take over your body because the pain is so great. The error so grave. The betrayal so palpable. They rock you and...
Don't Be Afraid to Share Your Struggle
“You will be given at that moment what you are to say. For it will not be you who speak but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you." (Matthew...
Found, But Never Lost
Growing up, I would often hear the same few stories from my parents. They were the go-to stories. You know the ones. The stories that are brought out and dusted...
Things Mother Teresa Never Actually Said
There is a widely quoted Saint Teresa of Calcutta saying that goes, “If you want to bring peace to the whole world, go home and love your family.” It’s a...
What's Your Revolution?
Much ink has been spilled this year over "the Benedict Option," Rod Dreher's sweeping cultural assessment adjuring Christians to create and invest in life-giving physical communities and to dig down...
Scraped Knees and Broken Hearts
For many years I was the queen of diminish and dismiss. My friends lauded me for my ability to forgive and continue in relationships with people who had hurt me....
We Go in Many Directions and He Is With Us
Yesterday, I sat on my porch singing into my phone as a dear friend sat on her couch strumming her guitar and leading me in worship. She offered this missionary...
