Come, my beloved, let us go out into the field… there I will give you my love.
The Rosary. Something I’ve spent most of my life knowing existed but not ever actually thinking about, never really knowing about, and definitely never praying. Since becoming Catholic that has certainly changed. Randomly enough I have had Rosaries for many years; well before coming into the Church. I had one that belonged to my grandma […]
Read More She Brings HimI was lost. Struggling and wandering and lonely. Knowing God was real and that He was everything and yet I didn’t want Him. I wanted what I wanted and yet in the midst of that wandering I knew that only He could satisfy. I met someone. Someone that was different and pure and lovely. Jenna. […]
Read More The Realest of PresenceIt’s almost my birthday. I’m going to be 38 in a few days. Where does time go? I remember being 10. And 16. And 30. 40 is around the corner. Taking stock of my life it would be easy to be disappointed. I don’t own a home, I have no children yet, I haven’t traveled […]
Read More RealThe Earth is silent today. One thing I love about the Church is its liturgical calendar. I have come to deeply appreciate the constraints it places and the freedom it gives. It forces me to stay back and not jump ahead. We have spent the past 40 days of Lent preparing our hearts and minds […]
Read More The Earth Is Silent“Notre Dame is on fire.” The iconic French Cathedral, whose name is translated as Our Lady, is a landmark that has been present through more history than I can even begin to fathom. More than just a landmark, though, Our Lady is a church. For some reason, this fire seems to have broken the collective […]
Read More Our Lady of the InfernoThere are times that things that take hold in my mind and start growing roots. I just keep thinking and thinking about them. Mulling them over and over and talking about them to people and also sometimes to myself as I drive. I’m somewhat conflicted about blogging at times. Sometimes I think it’s somewhat motivated […]
Read More That Divine Gaze and Our Lady’s Last WordsTen years. A decade. Ten years ago it was cold and overcast and as Sufjan Stevens sang “Come Thou Fount” and Jenna came walking down the aisle toward me with her dad, I had no idea what it meant to be married. Ten years ago as we exchanged words and exchanged rings, I had no […]
Read More 10I’ve had some conversations recently that involved me talking about why I’m Catholic. I have mixed emotions when this topic comes up. On the one hand I feel like I can never do it justice. Trying to distill the vast and plentiful reasons down into a coherent and meaningful explanation is difficult to say the […]
Read More BeautyThere are a host of personality tests that you can take. Anytime I’ve taken one, my results always reveal the same thing: perfectionism. I like to do things perfectly well. Regardless of the benefits that come from this tendency, this ultimately means that I can get stuck not starting something because of the fear of […]
Read More ConsolationAs we prepare our hearts to celebrate the coming of Our Lord and Savior in this season of Advent, it is fitting that the Church has us pause on December 8 to celebrate the Mother of Our Lord, the Woman through Whom we receive Our Lord, Our Heavenly Mother, the Blessed and ever-Virgin Mary. On […]
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