Am I Worthy?
One of the most beautiful benefits of attending daily Mass has been the opportunity to listen to the Eucharistic prayers more than just once a week on Sunday. I have found that Eucharistic Prayer II is a favorite of…
BUSY
I was listening to my favorite podcast recently and one of the speakers shared this acronym: B-U-S-Y – Burdened Under Satan’s Yoke. I was immediately convicted. I began to think of all the times I had used this word…
An Obstacle to Grace
Grace… what a beautiful sounding word and an even more beautiful gift of God! Grace, as defined by the Catechism of the Catholic Church is “the free and undeserved gift that God gives us to respond to our vocation to…
The Power of Prayer
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly,” John 10:10. Of this I believe; of this I have seen. I have seen the way the enemy is…
She Pondered
What does it mean to ponder? I seem to be doing a great deal of pondering lately. Situations, experiences, people, events and stirrings in my heart which I continue to keep in my heart and add to the well of…
More
“I am waiting like the desert for Your rain; I am bracing like the shoreline for Your waves, Your calming waves; When You move, I can’t recover; I get wrecked when I rediscover more. When You speak, I see new…
A Slow Love Story
As I have come to understand, everything about God works slowly. His promptings are quiet, His movements are precise and my journey into the heart of Christ, in looking back, has been moving at a snail’s pace. In today’s whirlwind…
In the School of the Bridegroom
“Our couch is green; the beams of our house are cedar, our rafters are pine.” Song of Songs 1:17 What a curious Scripture to come to my heart as I gazed upon the crucifix above the tabernacle after daily Mass…
Companions for the Journey
Growing up as a child in a family who did not practice any sort of organized religion, I have come to know and understand many things of Christ only through the eyes of an adult. This has had both positive…
But God…
He is all things to all people. Imagine that, if you can. I don’t know if I can imagine being all things to all people. Frankly, it sounds exhausting! I can barely be wife, mom, daughter, worker, domestic engineer, driver,…
The Invitation
I have lately been contemplating the concept of invitation. When I think back to my childhood, a childhood which was without any formal religion, any sort of prayer life or any familial teachings in the way of Christ, I am…
Our Lady – Mary, Mystical Rose
I have always had an affinity for flowers. Any flowers… tulips, daisies, pansies, all are my favorites. I enjoy buying them, giving them, receiving them, planting them in my yard and having them in my home. I love the fragrance…
