We Are All Called to Lives of Holiness
The biggest struggle in Church community is overcoming ourselves. There is a current within ministry, community, and other aspects of the Church that works hard to cling to power and stomp out opposition. This is tied to fear and our own immature understanding of living a life of virtue and in communion within the Mystical …
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There is an expectation in our society that when a person claims the title Christian, it means that they can, and will, act perfectly. I saw this clearly when someone wrote on a book review of the book Come Be My Light about Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, that 'she doubted, so she should not be …
Continue reading "Christians Are Not Perfect: At Least, Not Yet"
The amount of information we ingest each day from the Internet is staggering. In 5 minutes I can see what is happening worldwide. Most of that news is bad news. In fact, a good deal of it is horrifying. From gruesome murders to terrorism to starving children to the erosion of religious liberty in this …
Continue reading "The World Did Not Know Him: Understanding Christian Persecution"
This morning I got up at 5am. My daughter started to cry for me at 457am, so I put her in the bed with my husband and then I got up for the day. I started coffee in the coffeepot and made a frittata for us to eat for breakfast. I then prayed Lauds, and …
I am not proud of this fact, but I have fallen into gossip lately. It is one of those things that most of us fall into at one point or another. For me it usually involves orthodoxy, or rather, a lack there of. Father Barron, in his series Seven Deadly Sins Seven Lively Virtues, discusses …
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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So here's the thing, I love coffee. Okay, maybe I like the sugar, cream, and syrups that make coffee taste good to me. I am not a black coffee drinker. I need sugar and a flavored creamer, or better yet, a pumpkin spice latte, or white chocolate mocha to really enjoy coffee. My addiction to …
Swimming the Depths 