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I've Been Shaken
It’s like today’s readings were screaming at me. It’s as if God himself was banging down my door, shaking me, and telling me to open my eyes. It’s like...
Which Crown Will I Embrace?
The readings today are powerful as always. But it is the First Reading that really grabs me with its inherent contradictions. Saint Paul tells the Philippians that his "joy and...
Gaining Christ
We live in a world obsessed with success. Blaring messages of perfection and so-called true satisfaction beckon to us. Magazine covers and Pinterest offer us the steps to obtaining...
No More Pining Away
Today’s Gospel Reading is one that can be hard for some to manage. As a convert to Catholicism, I hold it dear because I chose to leave my roots and...
Filling the Master's House
Today's Gospel passage shakes me; it makes me nervous. I read it and pray, "Oh shoot, Jesus! Save me from myself!" My days are filled with excuses. Groceries to put...
Humility. It Is No Joke.
Humbly Seeking Humility. Selfishness. Its a killer. If you didn't pick up on the theme in the First Reading, welp, it's reiterated in the Gospel too, don't worry. Did you...
Hope Does Not Disappoint
I used to work in a hospital where a dove sticker was placed above a patient's door shortly after he or she passed away. This sticker, which was not much...
Shining Light, Shine On
What rich and beautiful readings God gives us today on this Feast of All Saints. First, Saint John’s striking revelation of the “great multitude which no man could number ....
We are Not in this Alone
Do you have a Paul or Timothy in your life? Someone who is filled with the Spirit? From whom God’s love just overflows? Today I had the gift of attending...
The Battlefield. The Battle. The Gear.
We all have a battle we are facing. The Enemy ultimately is always the same: that little rascal snake. The hardest battle in our lives we face is choosing Christ...
The Response
If you were fortunate enough to make it to Mass today (I was not), you heard this Psalm refrain: The Lord is faithful in all his words (Psalm 145: 13...
The Household of God
Full disclosure: some days I have no clue how to run a household. My husband and I have one house, two jobs, and three kids to take care of....
