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When Resentment Meets Thanksgiving
The sun had not even risen yet and I was already rolling my eyes. I am never less patient than when I am about to go through security at Reagan...
Great and Wonderful Works
I sit out side of my doorsteps in the cool night and look up at the sky, and I would describe it as a "starry sky," but I live in...
Who Wants to Die?
“Who wants to go to Heaven?!” The priest shouted enthusiastically to me and about two hundred other teenagers present at a summer retreat. Everyone raised their hand as if trying...
When I Have Nothing
We were newly married and brand-new parents, too. Our little girl, just three months old, lay in the PICU hospital bed. We'd brought her in the night before and were...
Being Shepherded, You and Me
“No! Don’t . . .” my words hung in the air as a tiny hand dragged the basket across the counter. A precariously perched knife toppled from atop the peanut...
All Kinds of Messy Relationships
"The only thing that could make our situation weirder is if my parents got divorced again," I half-joked to a close family friend while delivering the news that after nearly...
What Do You Actually Need?
I stared out the window as tiny flakes of ash fell from a smoky sky. Living in California, you become accustomed to fire season, but this fire was getting too...
Saying "No" to Jesus
We're inching closer to Advent, a season that always reminds me to be open to any surprises the Lord might bring to me. And while I wish I could say...
Jesus, Dude, You Can’t Say Stuff Like That
Earlier in Luke’s gospel, we read about Jesus’ disciples asking Him to explain a parable (Luke 8:11-15). He does, but first He tells them, “Knowledge of the mysteries of the...
Open the Door
I intended to simply pass through the piazza in Rome after a nice cup of gelato when I noticed a small little church tucked away on the corner. I knew...
He Sees and Knows Me
Hands folded on the kitchen table, I sat bleary eyed staring at the scratches on its wooden surface. I was coming down from one of those gut-wrenching sobs with my...
Deeper Prayer during Suffering
I think most of us can read today’s Second Reading from Saint Paul’s letter to the Thessalonians (1 Thessalonians 5:1-6) and easily admit that it hits differently in the year...
