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December 2018

December 13, 2018

Saint Lucy of Syracuse: Looking to God

Saint Lucy of Syracuse Feast Day: December 13 Biography: Saint Lucy is one of the...

December 06, 2018

Advent and the Incarnation When Words Fail

And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. In in these words,...

June 2017

June 14, 2017

St. Anthony, Lost Faith, and How to Find It

On the Feast of St. Anthony of Padua, I can't help reflect on the...

May 2017

May 21, 2017

Heaven Makes Liturgy Insta-Official (Unlike Taylor Swift and Her Rumored New Romance)

When someone makes a relationship “Insta-official," that isn’t the beginning of the relationship. The relationship...

May 01, 2017

Is Work Valuable?: A Question for the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker

“What do you do?” “Oh, I’m an associate/ a teacher/ a lawyer/ a writer/ a...

March 2017

March 20, 2017

St. Joseph, Masculinity, and Embracing Impositions

Sometimes, life requires embracing impositions. Like when I blew my tire out a...

February 2017

February 27, 2017

Lent: Because We All Know It’s About Fasting and Giving Stuff Up, Right?

What are you doing for Lent? The question is on most of our minds, with...

January 2017

January 31, 2017

Sin: It’s a Lot Like Sour Candy

So sour candy is *literally*the best. Yes, yes, I’m an adult and I can...

January 27, 2017

Silence, Predestination, and the Primacy of God’s Love

This week, I’ve been really struggling to find something to write about. With my Facebook...

January 19, 2017

So You’re Anxious About God’s Will: Three Thoughts on Figuring It Out

It’s not that I get anxious about things, it’s just that if I’m not...

January 13, 2017

Mary: Faith Without a Last Page

I was reading The Lord by Romano Guardini at one am, as I am wont to...

December 2016

December 23, 2016

And the Darkness Has Not Overcome It

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. -John 1:5 I've...

December 21, 2016

So You (and Many Other Catholics) May Have Had a Bad Advent

I'm bad at consistency. It’s not that I don't have many charming, delightful traits. But...

September 2016

September 22, 2016

The Holy Spirit, Part II: Who is He to Me?

Part 2 ***This is the second post exploring the Person of the Holy...

September 20, 2016

The Holy Spirit: Who is He?

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September 14, 2016

ThisCatholicGirl: A Shadow Play for the Internet Age

You might say that, without the traditionally comedic conclusion, I, along with...

September 09, 2016

Let It Go with a Little Help from My Friends

One of the critiques I have often heard, in one iteration or another, is that...

September 09, 2016

On Air with Morning Air with John Harper

I had a great opportunity to chat for a bit with John Harper of Morning Air...

September 06, 2016

The Divine Office: A Prayer for People Who are Bad at Praying

I am exhausted. It's not exactly a new state of mind—this has been pretty...

September 01, 2016

So You Sinned: Some Thoughts on Not Doing That

I've talked some recently about issues surrounding, in particular, habitual and “Come to Jesus” types...

August 2016

August 14, 2016

Mary’s Fiat: Refuge of Persistent Sinners

Today is the feast of the Assumption. Yesterday was the day that I fell into...

July 2016

July 27, 2016

Father Jacques Hamel’s Day of Triumph

Back in my freshman year of college, one of my friends was in...

June 2016

June 20, 2016

We See God (Who Is Love) By Love

“Grace is, as it were, a participation in the divine nature. That is the definition...