We as women are reflections of The Bride of Christ. As living representatives, we have an obligation to fulfill the role that has been given to us. With Christ as our eternal spouse, in the spirit we can birth beauty…
Happy the soul that has trusted in your goodness and has abandoned herself completely to your mercy. Her soul is filled with the peace of love. You defend her everywhere as your own child. – Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska Decades…
Made in the image and likeness of God is a phrase which is thrown around quite casually in Christian circles these days. If we are truly made in His likeness, then it would suffice to say that we are “like…
There is an ancient Japanese practice called kintsugi (“golden joinery”). In this cultural tradition, when a piece of pottery or dishware breaks, the broken pieces are not thrown out, but glued back together and the cracks are painted in with…
The most insidious and damaging identity lie victims of sexual abuse believe is that they are forever stained and disgraced; not just physically but in in the very core of their being and dignity as a woman. “He robbed me…
“My Beloved is a sachet of myrrh lying between my breasts.” The Bridegroom, Song of Songs 1:13 The Cross of my Bridegroom is the sachet of myrrh lying within my heart. I am reminded of this sachet of myrrh every time…
For as long as I can remember, I have always been a cryer. I remember being in middle school and crying at the Kodak commercials; in high school, sobbing in the theater when I went to see the movie, E.T.…
“I remember the devotion of your youth, how you loved me as a bride, following me in the wilderness in a land unsown “ Jeremiah 2:2 This past week, at the end of the Christmas season, my parish was in…
My body was already weak with exhaustion and grief when they placed His body in my arms, nevertheless, I cradled Him, supporting His head, just as I had 33 years earlier. My baby, my son, my heart. I washed His…
I could write many blog posts on what it is like to suffer from depression, grief, betrayal, physical ailments, and spiritual doubt during the seasons of Advent and Christmas. I have carried the heavy cross of despair during a time…
I was recently blessed to attend a beautiful conference called “Given.” This Catholic forum is the fruit of prayer of many who desired to not only expose young women ages 21-30 to the lives of women in consecrated religious life,…
Our Lord began wooing me with the beauty of art and His boundless gift of creativity when I was a very young girl. At the age of six, my grandmother began teaching me the art and skill of oil paints…