There’s nothing so humbling as contemplating death. It’s one of life’s few guarantees. We are going to die. When and how, who knows? Like St. Francis de Sales writes in his Introduction to the Devout Life (highly recommend, by the…
There’s nothing so humbling as contemplating death. It’s one of life’s few guarantees. We are going to die. When and how, who knows? Like St. Francis de Sales writes in his Introduction to the Devout Life (highly recommend, by the…
“I admit that I am not as strong or smart or pretty as…” I stopped. Kneeling at the alter rail, I stared up at the candles which flickered against the gold of the church. The beginnings of my prayer…
Amongst my friends and family, I am known for my joy. As I have navigated becoming more myself, I have discovered I am a woman of joy and I shouldn’t have to hide that. My life changed when I made…
Being online is a humbling experience. You put your heart into a caption, blog, or tweet, work hard on a graphic, use the right hashtags, and time everything according to the advice of multiple online statistics and sometimes… you get…
When I left off last time around, I was in the midst of the longest winter, literally and figuratively, of my life. I truly identify this period of time as the Dark Night of the Soul. The pain and dis-integration…
We started out this year with our editorial theme: “He Must Increase, I Must Decrease.” When I was brainstorming an editorial theme for the last weeks of the year before the start of Advent, reflecting on this theme, the word…
Jesus points out to me the only way which leads to Love’s furnace—that way is self-surrender—it is the confidence of the little child who sleeps without fear in its father’s arms.” St. Thérèse, Story of a Soul Lisa wrote recently…
People always give many many MANY different pieces of advice to those about to enter or those already in their 20s. “Live it up when you’re young and 20,” “Your 20s are going to pass you by,” “Try a bunch…
One of my favorite quotes comes from my favorite saint, St. Francis of Assisi: “For it is in giving that we receive.” It’s so true! When God has given me the grace to be genuinely selfless, when I joyfully and…
We hear the question sometimes: “What would you say to your 20-year old self?” As we reflect on choices, life events, and how our journeys have been shaped over the decades past, we think back on where we once predicted…
