One year 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 had come home. Strange to… Continue reading Worth Revisiting:Loyola Chicago
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 Worth Revisiting: Praying Kataphatic or Apophatic?
...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 Worth Revisiting:Lord Send Me
Some time ago, I had promised to share my own story of conversion to the Catholic faith. The anecdote, if you will, of how a young Southern Baptist girl found herself walking in the doors of a Catholic church and leaving forever changed... Freshman year at Mount Holyoke College was an exciting time of rigorous… Continue reading Worth Revisting: Conversion-This Journey of a Lifetime
It’s Monday morning and I have reluctantly left the warm comfort of my bed to embrace the day and week ahead of me. Why reluctantly? It wasn’t as if I had failed to enjoy the weekend, or conversely had enjoyed it so much as to need the added rest. Yet, whatever the reason I needed… Continue reading Worth Revisiting: God and the Small Stuff
This is a day that was long awaited, A time dreamt of and indeed anticipated, With months albeit years of preparation, And a myriad of readings and connotations. Today, I awoke knowing that there was nowhere I had to be. There was truly no post to edit, Or theologian I needed to credit, An argument… Continue reading Worth Revisting: Poetic Examen-ation
Co-blogging my reflections with Cristina at Filling My Prayer Closet on 33 Days to Morning Glory by Fr. Michael E. Gaitley, MIC in preparation for Marian Consecration. Familiar with Louis de Montfort’s treatise on Mary, I have thoroughly enjoyed Gaitley’s use of modern saint stories that bear vivid witness to lives devoted to Marian consecration.… Continue reading Worth Revisiting:Mid Retreat-Consecration to Mary
“I will sing of your mercy that leads me through valleys of sorrow to rivers of joy” (The Valley Song- Jars of Clay) Those who know me or follow this blog have heard me speak often about the continual joy that I experience as a Eucharistic minister to the nursing homes. In bringing Christ to… Continue reading Worth Revisiting:Saying Goodbye in Ministry
This Lent, I have decided to grow in my own understanding of Christ through St. Louis de Montfort's Consecration to Jesus through Mary. Having taken February 20th as my start date, I have entered a "retreat" of sorts with the culmination on March 25th The Annunciation of Mary. The feast of the Annunciation of the… Continue reading Worth Revisiting: Marian Consecration
Those who know my husband and I closely, know that before we ever dated we were best friends. John was a sophomore at the University of Massachusetts and I a freshman at Mount Holyoke College in 1990. In looking back, every detail of our meeting and courtship was just as it was intended to be.… Continue reading Worth Revisiting:Love Worth Waiting For
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