Awaken Love: The 2023 Prayer Pledge // Day 10
The first time I was “stopped in my tracks” by Mother Teresa was when I was a teenager. I sat next to my mom to watch a documentary about her...
Sacré-Coeur // The City of Lights Made Brighter
Our quads were burning as we continued walking higher, higher, and yet still higher, with the goal not yet in view as apartments and gift shops surrounded us on each...
Awaken Love: The 2023 Prayer Pledge // Day 9
Therefore, I will now allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her… And I will take you for my wife forever; I will take you...
Awaken Love: The 2023 Prayer Pledge // Day 8
In the early morning light, I ponder the beauty of a quiet house at rest: the sweet sounds of sleeping children stirring gently, the low hum of slow, deep breaths....
Awaken Love: The 2023 Prayer Pledge // Day 7
There is a beautiful photograph of the Sisters of Carmel standing before a large wooden Crucifix, each of them holding a single candlestick burning brightly in the dark room. Their...
On the Epiphany and Welcoming Strangers
Recently during Advent our family hosted what the kids named Blessed is She Advent kids’ club. We invited my son’s classmates to join us in doing the Blessed is She...
Awaken Love: The 2023 Prayer Pledge // Day 6
I watched my little boy run through the tall grass in our backyard. He laughed as he scooped up a fistful of dirt in his tiny hand, full of wonder,...
Awaken Love: The 2023 Prayer Pledge // Day 5
Snow covers the garden that surrounds the stone walls of Carmel. Within the walls, beyond the iron grille that separates the sisters from the outside world, Elizabeth is in agony....
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
It was a random afternoon and I had somehow found myself searching through a plethora of tiny little charms on a website called Tiny Saints. Having little to no idea about...
Awaken Love: The 2023 Prayer Pledge // Day 4
I knelt slowly within the dimly lit church. Incense rose from the altar to the ceiling, filling the air with a smoky haze. Holy silence as we all watched the...
Awaken Love: The 2023 Prayer Pledge // Day 3
On July 18, 1880, the lively cry of a newborn rang out on a military base camp in Avor, France. Elizabeth Catez entered the world, as Chaplain Chaboisseau celebrated Mass...
Awaken Love: The 2023 Prayer Pledge // Day 2
There is a small garden surrounding the Adoration chapel by my home. All is quiet there, except for the gentle trickling of water from a nearby fountain. Amid the ever-present...
