Yesterday my daughter and I went for a drive because it was a beautiful autumn day. The sky was bright blue and there was not a cloud in sight. So we drove to see my husband at work. He works about 25 minutes from our home. When I got there my husband said that he …
A Vocation I Never Expected
A vocation is not necessarily where we thought we would end up. Instead, a vocation is where God calls us to journey towards Him. In short, it is how He makes us saints. And that, my friends, is the meaning of life: to be a saint. We either choose to answer is call or we …
Persevering in Prayer
Yesterday I had my monthly Lay Dominican meeting. During Mass, the Homily focused on prayer. Father talked about how we can underestimate the power of prayer and that it is essential to the Christian life. It is the focus, along with the Sacraments, of the Christian path. It was then that I felt like God …
Forgiveness and Abundant Blessings
A couple of weeks ago one of my junior high students in my religious education class at church asked me an interesting question. She wanted to know if God sometimes does not give us what we want. I told her that sometimes he does not give us what we want because it is not what …
Swimming the Depths 