I have been home for the past week in the Berkshires, and what a glorious week it has been! Even though I now live in North Carolina, which is starting to feel like home, there is really nothing quite like going back to the place where I grew up, sleeping in my old room, […]
Monday Musings – The God of Second Chances
There are so many things in our Catholic faith to be grateful for, so many reasons to give thanks to the Lord. But the one thing, the one reason I can’t stop thinking about this week, is expressed by an old phrase that has become almost cliché, yet upon closer examination, holds so much meaning: […]
Monday Musings – Plastic Christianity
The other night I couldn’t fall asleep because my mind was so full. There’s been a lot of those nights lately. I began thinking about how I hadn’t really made time to pray at all that day and wondered what I could do to help myself be more consistent with prayer. Then I realized […]
Monday Musings – The Spiritual Life Can Be A Real Headache
Yesterday I had a migraine. I very rarely get headaches, but when I do, it’s usually bad. It always starts slowly, a dull pounding underneath one eyebrow, then it spreads to the whole front of my face before I realize what’s happening. Unfortunately, nothing helps this type of headache except to lock myself away in […]
Mary and Mother’s Day
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 […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- …
- 19
- Next Page »
