Embrace the Ordinary, vol. 9 2020
I begrudgingly made the decision for our family to stay home from Mass on this past weekend.
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“Embrace the ordinary” posts take a look at pursuing holiness in the everyday moments, seeking God and inviting Him to be present in every moment, and embracing the grace He gives daily. Sometimes it’s...
View ArticleSpiritual Prep for 2021: Lent + BIS Journals
Bear with me, friends. I know we’ve barely adjusted to January. (will we at all? What a time we’re living in. God help us.) I keep finding myself surprised by 2020 being the past, my Christmas tree is...
View ArticleNunc Coepi–Now I Begin
. . . the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from evil. . . May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ. 2 Thessalonians 3: 3, 5 RSV-CE...
View ArticleCalling Catholic Moms: Easy + Beautiful Plans for Lent
even though we toughed it out through a shut-down pandemic Lent last year, if you're like me, you're wishing you didn't have to do it again. But here we are. So what's the plan?
View ArticleAnd Hay Became Holy
The most mundane times can be graced moments. The simplest of things can be avenues by which we experience God. And so it is that hay–such a simple barnyard staple–became holy, when the Babe of...
View ArticleNine Reasons to Pray with Scripture
A handful of years ago, I memorized one verse from the Psalms, and it’s been an almost constant prayer since then. The verse I learned is part of the readings in night prayer from the Liturgy of the...
View ArticleThree Resources for a Great Lent
Rend your hearts and not your clothing. Return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious and merciful . . . Joel 2:13 That beautiful season of stripping down the non-essentials to re-focus on only...
View ArticleSeek Truth This Lent, plus what to read
Nothing else is as important as knowing who the Lord is, and who we are to Him. Everything else flows from that. Being immersed in the Word is to be in His presence and to form our hearts to be like...
View ArticleFive Ways to Celebrate Holy Week and Easter
With Holy Week near, I want to share five ways you can celebrate Holy Week and Easter in your Catholic home (and if you aren’t Catholic, you can do this too!). The home is, as the Church teaches, the...
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