We Are All Called to Lives of Holiness
I have decided that I like shows like Undercover Boss and Secret Millionaire because they demonstrate the Catholic economic principles of solidarity and subsidiary. Last Friday my husband and I were watching Undercover Boss and I pointed this out to my husband. He just looked at me and thought, 'there goes my wife over-thinking again'. …
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A desire to write is absolutely pushing itself upon me these days. In fact, writing is constantly in my thoughts like when a new romance is started. I can't explain it. It is hard to contain and hard to balance. I am the mother of a toddler, a wife, and about to become a postulant …
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Yesterday morning, as I sat in my Lay Dominican meeting listening to one of the Friars talk about the Dominican life, I was blown away by the fact that I was even there. So many things have had to happen in order for me to be where I am today. For the first time in …
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Pope Francis continues to demonstrate Christ's radical call to love our neighbor as ourselves. The real power in the world is Love.
November is the month in the Church when we remember and pray for the dead. The month begins with the Solemnity of All Saints to celebrate the men and women who have gone before us and who pray for us from Heaven. Then All Souls is on the 2nd, which is dedicated to the dead …
There is a phenomenon that is largely prevalent in my generation and the generations younger than me. It is the overuse and incorrect use of the word love. I think that mass advertising has had a huge impact on this trend. Have you ever stopped to really listen to the garbage coming out of your …
Given how Pope Francis' public interviews have been so distorted by the media, I think we really need to have an honest discussion about sin. Since "the Spirit of Vatican II" came rushing into the Church in the 1960s and 1970s with its felt banners and feel good about yourself rhetoric, there has been a …
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It is easy for me to get worked up about the evil going on in the world, or about how I fail often at being the mother and wife God wants me to be. By becoming distracted by all of the darkness, or by allowing a self-loathing dialogue to run rampant in my mind, I …
This morning I felt called to write a letter, really an email, that I have wanted to write for about 10 years. This person was on my mind recently because they are forever linked to my 9-11 relief work days and September can sometimes remind me of him. I don't mean in a longing or …
I firmly believe that Our Lord has called me to the pro-life ministry and crisis pregnancy ministry. It is something that I have always been passionate about. In high school, when I had to deliver a speech on the abortion issue and why it was deeply immoral to murder the unborn, it became clear to …
Swimming the Depths 