Praying with Merton
MY LORD GOD, I have no idea where I am going. Yet, my heart is joyous. ie possessing the qualities of, full of – joy I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end....
View ArticleA Heart Burning with Love
The Great Lover looked upon His beloved with intense longing. In fact His longing burned so intensely it was a living flame. He longed to ignite the cold embers of her heart and drew her close with...
View ArticleGroanings of the Spirit
Grasping at the Apple Gaping with Lust Growing in Indifference Grasping Gaping Growing Gasping with Awe Gaping at His Beauty Growing in Love Gasping Gaping Growing Grasping at the Unknown Grappling...
View ArticleA Plea from the Soapbox
We interrupt this creative programming for a very important message from our sponsor – The Soapbox. Just get three jobs. Just wait a couple of years. Worker harder, you can do it on your own. Everyone...
View ArticleI Mustache You a Question
I am blessed to live with a philosopher-princess. She is a wealth of information(5 year olds know everything), the most honest person I know, and asks the questions of a true philosopher. One minute...
View ArticleBungee Jumping FTW!
I am a fan of the abbreviation FTW, (For The Win) especially in conjunction with Holy Spirit, FTW. However, my dear friend (God bless her), is a little, well, dense sometimes. One day she poked her...
View ArticleJust a Mama Bear Protecting Her Children
In case you haven’t noticed, Sassy Victoria has come around for a visit, and I have a feeling she is here to stay. You know what gets her britches in a bunch more than anything? Blatant affronts to...
View ArticleCheck This Out!
Woah I need a break after that last post. One of my best friends just started his own blog and it occurs to me that in addition to his there are some great blogs out there. I’d like to take a moment...
View ArticleWell This is Awkward
The Lord knows I need patience. And like any good Father, He gives me what I need – not instantaneous patience, but opportunities to grow in this virtue. When God calls us by name, loud and clear, to...
View ArticleBowed With Fear
Oh fear, why dost thou persist? You are a most unwelcome guest – On your departure, I must insist! You came as a comfort, I must admit - the comforting weight of a blanket. On my shoulders you have...
View ArticleAre You Ready? As I’ll ever be…
Are you ready? I’ve been getting this question a lot in regards to entering the convent. We ask it often of couples about to get married or have children. We ask it when people are moving. Basically...
View ArticleMy Soul Proclaims the Greatness of the Lord!
Well folks, you’ve probably figured out by now that when my posts start getting few and far between the Holy Spirit is up to something! Hope is a funny thing. It is lost so easily (St Anthony pray for...
View ArticleIt’s Your Vocation, Not a Vacation!
Vocation, vocation, Vocation, vocation. I will not stop talking about this. It’s just too important. As long as people continue to ask the wrong questions and refuse to let God initiate, I will keep...
View ArticleI told you I wouldn’t stop talking about this…
The bottom line of my last blog post was: don’t stress, God will take care of you if you place your life in His hands! One point I didn’t mention is that our earthly Vocation is not the end all, be...
View ArticleThe Wisdom of a Fool
Independence is the catch of the day, Autonomy the name of the game. I am a fool in a world that has moved onto bigger and better things. Plugged in, connected friends across the pond while you...
View ArticleThanks for the Compliment!
You may not be surprised to learn that I have deactivated my Facebook, after that last poem I wrote. During Mass yesterday it finally sunk in that this has to be a time for prayer and fasting. I...
View ArticleFind Your Humanity! (Beauty and the Beast Style)
I’m sure someone has written about this already, but my cursory internet search came up with nothing, so here’s my two cents: Beauty and the Beast screams Theology of the Body. I had this revelation...
View ArticleA Beautiful Waste
“What is he?” murmurs one gray shadow of my forefathers to another. “A writer of storybooks! What kind of a business in life, – what mode of glorifying God, or being serviceable to mankind in his day...
View ArticleMore Than We Can Ask or Imagine
I love, love, love the story about Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. The Lord often reminds me of it when I’m trying to pretend that everything is okay (like he doesn’t know everything!). I can’t...
View ArticleI Choose All!
Working with the poor and writing have been playing a game of tug of war with my heart. But, in my recent hours of combing through job openings, I came across something illuminating. (WRITER) ARTIST...
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