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!
My Favorite Penance
Category: Lent
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 Most Relatable Part of the Passion
Sharing a vulnerable reflection about 2 ways in which a very relatable part of the Passion hits me, as well as what Jesus is asking me to do with these realizations as we near the end of Lent and prepare for the Triduum. Wishing you all a blessed Holy Week.
What’s Your Wilderness This Lent?
Sharing what the Lord put on my heart that will help me to have a more spiritually fruitful Lent, and discussing how good could possibly come from something like giving up chocolate.
Love is Sacrifice
Words from St. Thomas Aquinas and C.S. Lewis help us ponder how to love like Jesus in a self-emptying, sacrificial way this Holy Week, and I share a little bit about my journey with "death to self."
The Litany of Humility Challenge: A Lenten Reflection
Sharing my heart's journey with the Litany of Humility (a perfect Lenten challenge) and how Jesus is teaching me more about love and freedom of heart through this prayer. We all struggle with pride, which manifests itself in a multitude of ways, but the virtue of humility is a gift that is the perfect antidote to pride!
Lent: A Purpose in the Waiting
An amazing "God moment" stopped me in my tracks yesterday and tied into the waiting of Lent and my current faith struggles. Jesus, I trust in You!
Purpose in Suffering
Without the crucifixion, there would have been no resurrection.