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Let Him Shatter Your Expectations
Yesterday was a bad day. I was up half the night with a sick toddler, and then that same child decided to be up for good at 4:30 am, foiling...
Making the Ordinary into the Extraordinary
Not as man sees does God see, because he sees the appearance, but the Lord looks into the heart. (1 Samuel 16:7) Have you ever felt wholly unwilling to say...
The King Saul Complex
It was evening. I was little. My Mom finished dishing up Stove-Top stuffing on my plate. I needed to at least try it. When Mom left the kitchen, I scampered...
Ready to Respond
Servanthood. In today’s readings we see young, devout followers of great teachers, Samuel, apprentice of Eli, and Andrew, follower of Saint John the Baptist, learn to see past their human...
Taking It Directly to Jesus
Here’s one thing I kind of like about the Pharisees: it’s so easy to feel superior to them. Reading this Gospel, I give myself a smug little high-five because I’d...
A Hidden Friendship
The first time I saw Frankie I knew she would never want to be my friend. We could not be any more different. Her home was new and big, mine...
Tender Hearted and Loved
Dishes were done, lunches were packed, counters had been wiped, and babes were sleeping in their beds. He stood in the kitchen and I leaned my head against door frame....
Attentively Listening to You, Lord
In today's First Reading, Samuel responded to Eli every time he heard himself being called. Even though he was asleep each time, Samuel woke up quickly and he ran to...
The Cunning Enemy
One of Satan’s most effective weapons in the modern age is that while the culture is utterly fascinated with witchcraft, dark magic, occult practices, and gnosticism, many Christians—perhaps even the...
Reborn at Baptism
I’ve always had a slight obsession with celebrating special dates. Whether that’s meant going out for an anniversary dinner with my husband, sending a birthday present to a family member,...
We Three Kings
We three kings of Orient are, bearing gifts we traverse afar . . . It may be easy for many of us to sing this song by heart, without giving...
Radically Breaking In
On coming up out of the water he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit, like a dove, descending upon him. (Mark 1:10) I invite you, sister, to...
