My mind reeled uncontrollably, worrying that I’d forgotten important to-dos, obsessing over interactions from the day, spinning with everything that could go wrong between now and the morning.
So… besides there being more flames present at Mass, what else changes during the Advent season? Well, I’m here to provide you with a few Advent life-hacks, to help you enter a bit more fully into this liturgical season:
Temperatures are going down, lights and trees are going up, and that one Mariah Carey song is all over the radio. All of these things can only mean one thing: Christmas is almost here! This holiday season, you can pretty much count on a couple of things: Elf will be […]
Sainthood isn’t just for the old or religious!
I recently entered an "official" relationship, and after entering dating status, he revealed to me that he is not a virgin. My heart hurts so much right now.
Imagine millions of Catholics everywhere you turn. Flags flying, chants echoing through the streets, Pope Francis buzzing through the crowds. Imagine the zeal for Christ, the palpable presence of the Holy Spirit in the air, the celebration of the Catholic—the universal—faith. That’s World Youth Day in a nutshell. Whether or […]
We have become so absorbed with ourselves and our image that we forget about the other person right next to us.
Truthfully, every person created possesses a unique part of God's heart that He wants the world to see, so trying to be like someone else is denying the world part of God's heart.
I want us to have such an understanding of the profound gift of motherhood that we can look at the young moms, single moms, working moms, and stay-at-home moms in my life with awe at the radical beauty that is their motherhood.
