We Are All Called to Lives of Holiness
This time of year can present challenges to all of us as we approach the Christmas season. More and more Catholics are trying to slow down and enter into the period of waiting and preparation in the Advent season. As the secular Christmas season continues to spiral out of control, a lot of people are …
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Years late to the party, I've joined Instagram. Feel free to connect with me there. I hope you are having a very blessed Advent. :o) https://www.instagram.com/constancethull/
Sacred Scripture is filled with unlikely messengers. Men and women who are never the "right" messenger. They are too old, too young, too male, too female, not from the right town, not a priest, they are a priest, not a king, they are a king. There's always something wrong with them according to their listeners. …
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Image taken from Wiki Commons I've been spending this Advent trying to enter into stillness and waiting. I am very bad at both. I'm a person of action, so being told that I'm to sit still and wait for God's mission for me has been difficult. It's felt more like a wrestling match than stillness. …
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I recently presented an Advent talk to my parish on preparing for the comings of Christ by growing in charity and mercy. I will be adding more video content as time goes on. I hope you have a very blessed Advent! P.S. I know some of my thoughts only apply to those of us in …
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The liturgical year, in union with creation, often shows us what we need most throughout the year. We begin Advent and the new liturgical year in late fall. It is a time when those of us in the northern hemisphere experience stillness, quiet, and a sense of waiting in creation. The trees are bare and …
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My daughter looks almost entirely like my husband, except for the shape of her eyes and the freckles that dot across her cheeks and nose. She isn't a fan of the freckles because no one else in her class has them, but I told her she got them from me and that God made her …
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For the past month, I've been struggling mightily with the failures of priests in the Church, not just the abusers and our leaders, but the fact that times like these often lead to more collateral damage because the Enemy seeks to divide and wound even more in the aftermath of such revelations. He likes to …
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The entire litmus test for this life is the very one we don't want. It's love or charity (caritas). It is the very meaning of our lives. It is what grounds every moment of every day, but even as we say it's what we want, we are also repelled by it. Why? Love always costs …
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I have received quite a few emails and comments from readers encouraging me to keep writing. I've read every single one of them even if I didn't get a chance to respond to you personally. I greatly appreciate your messages! The past few months have been a time of rather intense and immense spiritual growth …
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Swimming the Depths 