Blog posts by Erin Flynn

  I wrote this little reflection/poem the other day when I was praying and figured it needed a bit of background. I was thinking how, for some, the Blessed Mother can seem inaccessible or unrelatable at times. And as I meditated on her life, I realized for the first time how incredible it is that […]

  As we enter into the Easter Season, it can feel a bit vague and directionless spiritually. We breathe a sigh of relief that we are through the Passion, through the bitter winter, and we are ready to feast and celebrate! But when things are easier, when we lose the fervor that comes with the focused […]

There are a lot of people, myself included, who are feeling burdened by life, by circumstances, by the cold, the snow, the gray … even here in North Carolina we’ve had a lot of gray days with no sun. I’m not complaining really. I mean, after all, I could be in MA! But the gray […]

There are two deaths that had a profound impact on me this month. And both of these people lived love in a way that blows any sentiment on a Valentine card out of the water. One was an acquaintance from college, Paul Coakley, who lived a valiant life of love and died a valiant death, […]

Not gonna lie. 2014 was a doozy. I’m thinking that was the case for a lot of people. I don’t know about you, but I find myself more ready than ever to enter a new year. Why? HOPE. It’s been a bit fleeting this past year. I’d grasp onto it, see the light in the […]