Mary and the Love that Casts out Fear
Standing in line for confession recently, waiting to pour out to Christ all my mothering failures, I wondered for the hundredth time how the Blessed
Standing in line for confession recently, waiting to pour out to Christ all my mothering failures, I wondered for the hundredth time how the Blessed
While visiting another parish for mass a few weeks ago, the priest spoke on this Sunday gospel: Hence, he went into his own country; and
Of all the commandments, “Thou shalt not covet,” never seemed the most difficult. I knew that I could be materialistic, could focus on things over
American culture, through generations of inherited ignorance, perpetuates many false ideas about the Catholic Church’s teachings about women. You can find the caricatures in almost any television
“So they’re both napping?” asked my husband, incredulous, “Can you nap?” Quiet time has been pretty rare around my house since my eldest abandoned naps
I am not a natural deep cleaner. Extensive projects that involve organizing minutiae, inordinate scrubbing, and rubber gloves are just not my thing. Now I’m
This week, I was called upon to exercise my civic duty and present myself at the federal court for jury selection. While I was there, a woman
There is a stereotype, probably justified, of the angst-ridden teenager who cries, “No one understands me.” No matter are age, we all feel this adolescent
“Morning bells are ringing, morning bells are ringing…” As a mom to a toddler and a preschooler, I spend a lot of time listening to
There has been a general trend in the air for a few years now, one that calls for a return to what is “natural:” natural
I remember taking our frozen wedding cake out on our first anniversary, only to discover it was not the same cake we had put in
Today, a cashier told me that I seemed “really down-to-Earth,” and I decided to take it as a compliment. A few years ago, however, that
(This post is part of a series. Read Part 1 here.) Until I put it into the context of the child and parent relationship, I never understood
The other night at bedtime, I vowed not to read any stories to anyone who did not clean up their toys. When they saw that
At a friend’s recent wedding, I sat in the pews of an old Gothic Church marveling that the art in every corner of the building
Today I scrubbed grape slushee off my floor and my children, washed out a pair of superhero undies in the sink of a public bathroom,
Growing up, I spent most of my childhood reading, writing, and pretending I lived in fantastical stories. As I got older, I wondered how I
Chatting with a friend recently, we remarked that having children had made us each realize the value of a Catholic spouse. We both marveled that