Find Your Calcutta
If you can build a house in Mexico, you surely can clean your house and help your parents. Yeah, I know. The truth can be sassy sometimes.
Steubenvilles, Social Media, and Blessings: Summer Reflections from a Life Teen Apprentice
I’d like to believe that even when my praises for God feel dried up or His blessings for me feel finished, that I’ll remember the truth about who He is. I’d like to tell myself I’ll always see God’s goodness in even the most difficult of situations. But I’m human and stumble more than I’d like, failing to recognize such things.
Want to be a Hero? Stop Looking for Attention
The time is up for “nice guys” who do “enough” to feel good about themselves and move along.
Why is Everything so Heavy?
Even when things feel heavy, we can rest assured that we are not abandoned. We are not too far gone. We have a peace deeper than this world
Offer it up: Letting God Redeem Your Pain
As Catholics, we believe that Christ invites us to unite our suffering with His Passion and that, when we do this, our suffering takes on redemptive power.
Modesty on the Gram
Our society has conditioned us as young women to believe that the more skin we show the more empowered we become. But this could not be further from the truth.
On the Journey: Pursuing my Vocation
“You will be the priest, or the groom at my daughter’s wedding.” My friend’s mother told me moments before jumping behind the wheel of the car and moving 400 miles away.
Answers to Every Question You’ve Ever Wanted to Ask a Religious Sister
There were two routes of discernment for me. The first, grasping at what I thought I wanted. The second, surrendering and receiving where Jesus was leading me.
Please Stop Trash-Talking Yourself
All of us, at some time or another, struggle with an inner voice that is critical, negative and even harsh.
