...On Being Chosen and Sent Forth As a young girl, competitive athletic teams and outdoor events were not my forte. The last or next to last chosen, I waited to hear my name called and then silently prayed that I wouldn’t prove to be a disappointment to whatever team I was put on. That is… Continue reading Lord Send Me
Just a little over a week ago I was in Chicago- amidst its tree lined enclaves, diversity of Devon Avenue, beauty of its Gardens and splendor of Holy Name. Striding comfortably through Loyola’s historic Water Tower and Lake Shore campuses, I felt less like one of this city’s many tourists and more as if I… Continue reading Coming Home: Loyola Chicago
It’s Worth Revisiting Wednesday! A place where you can come and bring a past & treasured post to share, and link-up with fellow bloggers! Co-Hosted with Allison Gingras at Reconciled To You. Lately, it seems, there has been much talk of violence.Violence in the streets of our major cities , and violence in the hearts… Continue reading Worth Revisiting: Hearing My Father’s Voice
This morning as I awoke, I thought of both my heavenly and earthly mothers. With eyes closed, my lips whispered to Mary, “Thank you for your yes- to being the mother of Christ but also for remaining with me when my earthly mother could no longer do so. Please continue to guide me and all… Continue reading Lessons Learned From My Mom
Today, please join me as I am featured on A Seeking Heart with Allison Gingras along with a week of several outstanding Catholic bloggers. Join in as we chat about the busyness of life as a blogger, graduate student, mom, and the beautiful invitation of lay ministry. Undoubtedly, there will be many surprise conversations as… Continue reading A Seeking Heart: On Faith Journeys, Blogging & Catechesis
It’s Worth Revisiting Wednesday! A place where you can come and bring a past & treasured post to share, and link-up with fellow bloggers! Co-Hosted with Allison Gingras at Reconciled To You. "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the… Continue reading Worth Revisiting: Seeking Joy Too
During my undergraduate years at Mt. Holyoke College, I was to take the first course of what was to become my life’s work. Yet, at this very secular college, Philosophy of Religion had not been framed as articulate reasoning to believe. Rather, it was most often presented as confounding belief despite the fallacies, heresies, and… Continue reading “I Found It!”
It’s Worth Revisiting Wednesday! A place where you can come and bring a past & treasured post to share, and link-up with fellow bloggers! Co-Hosted with Allison Gingras at Reconciled To You. Though written originally for Advent, the call to reexamine our focus as we seek to live out our discipleship is our continuous invitation… Continue reading Worth Revisiting: With Open Mind, Eyes and Heart
How do you pray? Do you find your prayer overflowing with images, thoughts and conversations or instead find yourself wrapped in silence surrounded by God’s awe inspiring presence? While at various times we may find ourselves practicing both of these, understanding the shape your prayer takes helps us to simply understand how we personally connect… Continue reading Praying: Kataphatic or Apophatic?
Today humanity has “enjoyed such an abundance of wealth, resources and economic power, and yet a huge proportion of the worlds citizens are still tormented by hunger and poverty, while countless numbers suffer from total illiteracy. Never before has man had so keen an understanding of freedom, yet at the same time new forms of social… Continue reading The Case for Asceticism
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