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Elizabeth Skinner

2 days ago
4 min

Jesus Is My Reality Check

The creaking of the chapel’s walls like a boat on the ocean led me to a sense of peace.

Noelle M.

3 days ago
3 min

Let Hope Coalesce

But most of all, I am hopeful because on a silent night long ago, one star stood out in the darkness above all the rest.

Our Mission to the World Starts Close to Home

Emily Rogers

Nov 18
4 min

Our Mission to the World Starts Close to Home

Serving my husband and children with love, humility, and joy is how I can love the Lord above all else and love my neighbor as myself.

Charlie J.

Nov 13
3 min

Somebody Go Wake Jesus Up

Perhaps Our Lord will soon be roused. We can hope. And perhaps when he is roused the storm of this year will be calmed.

Christ Is the Reality You Should Live In

Lauren De Witt

Nov 11
4 min

Christ Is the Reality You Should Live In

Living in reality means recognizing God in every detail of life.

Kendel Jordan

Nov 6
5 min

The Wedding Garment

The dress hanging up in my closet, well past its date of intended use, has become a cause not for disappointment, but for grace.

Bethanie Ryan

Oct 31
4 min

You Are Going to Die

Our hope is that death is not the end. One of the things that scares people the most about death is the unknown.

The Sacrament of Confession: Thoughts From a Former Protestant

Sarah Coffey

Oct 28
4 min

The Sacrament of Confession: Thoughts From a Former Protestant

For the longest time, growing up as a Presbyterian, I had no idea what the Sacrament of Confession was, or what it meant. In fact, I don’...

Bethanie Ryan

Oct 27
2 min

You Shall Not Be Overcome

As the specter of terrorism arrived on September 11, 2001 and has never left, the specter of the Great Pandemic of the year 2020 may remain.

Lauren De Witt

Oct 22
4 min

What Choosing Life Cost Me

I was on the cusp of achieving all I had worked so hard for when those two little pink lines showed up, threatening to ruin it all.

Maria Elser

Oct 15
4 min

Let No Suffering Go Wasted

The fragments of our wounds are absorbed by Christ’s and offered up for the greatest purpose of all: the salvation of souls.

Myriah Christine

Sep 23
4 min

Summer Growth

I have found throughout the years that the greatest achievements—feats which I thought I’d never accomplish—have been motivated by love.

Charlie J.

Aug 18
4 min

Is the End Near?

I am hearing frequent news from here and there that something is stirring in the world.

Charlie J.

Aug 5
4 min

Deny Yourself

Though I struggle beneath the weight of my sins, I am propped up like the staff of Moses, but by a neoteric wood.

Charlie J.

Aug 1
3 min

The Great Departure

I have found that the moment I fell into the arms of Jesus became a template for the rest of my life.

Noelle M.

Jun 19
5 min

Walking With the Sacred Heart

It’d never hit me so hard that no matter what I do or what I have done, Christ chose His fate to change mine. Regardless of how far I would

Elizabeth S.

Jun 3
3 min

Learning to Be a Wildflower

But, as Thérèse points out, being something other than a rose, or a lilly, doesn’t mean I’m not important. It doesn’t mean my vocation is no

Better Than I: On Pandemics and the Providence of God

Noelle M.

Apr 9
4 min

Better Than I: On Pandemics and the Providence of God

Being right where God wants you (in the middle of a pandemic).

Holy Stratagem! #5: Study the Interior Life

Charlie Johnson

Oct 9, 2019
1 min

Holy Stratagem! #5: Study the Interior Life

If you wish to advance along the path of prayer, what is required, according to the wisdom of the saints, is docility and great love for ...

Holy Stratagem! # 4: Obtain a Spiritual Director

Charlie Johnson

Oct 2, 2019
2 min

Holy Stratagem! # 4: Obtain a Spiritual Director

Anyone who takes himself for his own spiritual director is the disciple of a fool. - St. Bernard of Clairvaux It may be very hard or very...

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