Happy Divine Mercy Sunday! Sharing how a quote that I recently heard helped me better understand what God's mercy actually is and how I can give that mercy to others.
What Is Mercy?
Category: Faith
This Is Everything
Happy Easter! Sharing how the Resurrection is everything, and how that JOY can shape our everyday lives!
My Favorite Penance
A couple of weeks ago, I received my favorite penance ever. This beautiful penance can help us all experience God's love in a deeper way this Holy Week!
The Anxiety-Lowering Reminders God Gave Me This Week
Sharing how God used His word to remind me of things that helped lower my stress level as I head into surgery.
Our Duty to Give Thanks
Reposting a 2023 blog I wrote where I share the importance of offering thanks to God, some gems about giving thanks from St. Paul, and the 4 ways in which I felt God calling me to give thanks at Thanksgiving time! It's such a good reminder for me. Happy Thanksgiving!
What Does It Mean When Your Prayers Aren’t Answered?
Sharing my struggle with this past weekend's gospel, and sharing the beautiful place where God has brought me instead!
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
On this Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, I'm sharing how not understanding the cross and suffering was the greatest obstacle to my faith, and I'm sharing the freeing truth that God helped me understand instead. The cross is the answer to everything with which we struggle. The cross has transformed my pain and my life, and it can do that for everyone!
The Coolest Compliment: A Year in Review
Sharing how a compliment I received after a talk ties into the way I'm trying to see birthdays as I get older, and how Mary and her Assumption help me with this! I'm also reflecting on how God has been working in powerful and tangible ways in my life this past year!
How “Choosing the Better Part” Counters Anxiety
Have you ever been frustrated by the Martha and Mary gospel? I have! In this post I'm discussing what it means to "choose the better part" and sharing my personal experience of how doing so stifles anxiety and leads to inner peace!
Does Everyone Feel Different After Confirmation?
Sharing my experience of sponsoring someone for confirmation on Pentecost this year and how that made me realize specific ways the Sacrament of Confirmation is affecting my life today, regardless of how I felt (or didn't feel) after my own confirmation many years ago. Also discussing 2 ways anyone can tap into those graces from confirmation today!