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July 2020

July 29, 2020

Be a Tiny Dancer! Be a Proverbs 31 Woman!

Elton John's song "Tiny Dancer" doesn't seem like it would evoke anything Biblical or holy...

July 14, 2020

Kateri Tekakwitha- July 14 (Everyday Saints Series)

Kateri Tekakwitha is the first Native American to be recognized as a saint. This is...

July 09, 2020

A Great Pretender

Have I wasted my dreams? Have I missed my chance? Have I squandered what was...

July 06, 2020

Seeing God in the Performance of Michael Jordan

Brian Fraga of On the Catholic Beat writes today: "We see God’s truth, goodness and beauty...

May 2020

May 04, 2020

Walking with Death

Death. Sometimes we see our loved ones suffering and just want it to be over...

April 2020

April 12, 2020

Happy Easter

He is risen! Alleluia! May this day and season be blessed and bountiful for you...

April 10, 2020

Death is Here Again

Death has been knocking on our doors a lot lately. Personally, it seems...

April 02, 2020

God’s Own Clown

Tomie dePaola passed away yesterday. He was a renowned author and illustrator of many, many...

December 2019

December 30, 2019

To Till the Soil

This time last year, I used Jen Fulwiler's Word of the Year Generator to pick...

July 2019

July 15, 2019

Destruction of the Characters of Game of Thrones

I planned on writing a review or at least a post after every episode of...

July 08, 2019

Maria Goretti, Masturbation, and Me

I first heard about St. Maria Goretti when I was in eighth grade at a...

May 2019

May 08, 2019

Death Comes

I've seen a lot of death in my life. I had gone to three funerals...

April 2019

April 20, 2019

The Dread of No Hope

Everything was dead. There wasn't much grass nor many weeds or flowers, just gravel and...

April 19, 2019

The Flames of Notre-Dame

Notre-Dame was burning. It was an awful sight. Flames peeling towards the sky. Smoke billowing...

April 18, 2019

Lord, Don’t Pass Me Over

The first Passover was a terrifying night. God promised His people that if they did...

April 15, 2019

Winterfell and Jerusalem, Game of Thrones and Palm Sunday

Warning! There are some spoilers for the season 8 premiere of Game of Thrones. Nothing major...

April 14, 2019

The Agony of Palm Sunday

Today's post was written by guest contributor Jon Paul Siskey, Jr. Palm Sunday is upon...

March 2019

March 27, 2019

Motherhood, Pregnancy, and the Eucharist

Motherhood and Pregnancy are a choice, an act. Often, pregnancy is viewed just as...

March 13, 2019

Dream a Little Dream

The first dream I remember having occurred when I was four years old I slept on the bottom...

February 2019

February 19, 2019

Guesting on Tea with Tolkien Podcast

Head on over to Tea with Tolkien today and take a listen to her latest...

February 13, 2019

Death to Me

Death to Me Back to the way it was No worries or cares, just dreams...

February 12, 2019

The Meaning of Family

"I am all the family you need." I was seventeen when I heard that phrase...

January 2019

January 30, 2019

Trust God with the Rest

When my mom had breast cancer for the third time, when I was 16, I...

January 28, 2019

Discipline and a Hidden Saint

St. Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart was once a picky eater. She'd only eat...

January 23, 2019

A Meditation on the Depths of Beauty of Painted Nails

I turned 10 smack dab in the middle of summer. It was hot and sunny...

January 22, 2019

This is the Hardest Holy Spirit Gifts Quiz, Ever

Something fun today! I wrote a quiz on the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Head...

January 17, 2019

Saints Every Catholic Hipster Needs to Know About

St. Mary of Egypt Mary was a hermitess who lived alone in the desert of...

January 14, 2019

Monday with Mary, Mater Dolorosa

A game we used to like to play back in Catholic college was "Which Mary...

January 09, 2019

If You Love the Catholic Church and Good Food, Pittsburgh Is Your Next Pilgrimage Destination

Pittsburgh is a beautiful city with plenty of ethnic diversity and several unique churches. Residents...

December 2018

December 31, 2018

Some Bright Spots in My 2018

It's been awhile since my last post because I have been traveling this Christmas season...