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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 10, 2018

Pope Saint Gregory III: Against the Iconoclasts

Pope Saint Gregory III Feast Day: December 10 Biography: Most of the time, the election...

December 07, 2018

Saint Mary Josepha Rossello: Surprised by Vocation

Saint Mary Josepha Rossello Feast Day: December 7 Biography As the fourth of nine children,...

December 06, 2018

Saint Nicholas of Myra

Saint Nicholas of Myra Feast Day: December 6 Biography Saint Nicholas of Myra’s story begins...

May 2017

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...

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 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 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 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 29, 2016

Intimacy and Isolation: A Two Body Problem

Preface: I write this as a Catholic who is speaking about sexuality to other Catholics....

August 23, 2016

The Catholic Church is Not Your Sports Team

Sometimes, it's the people you agree most with that you get into the most vitriolic...

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...

July 26, 2016

When Good Catholic Women Take Birth Control

“In most cases it would have been possible to do something better than what an...

July 12, 2016

Vocation: Get Food On the Table, Then We Can Talk About Beatitude

It’s no secret I’m a fan of David Foster Wallace. The first thing I remember...

July 07, 2016

I’ll Come Around Some Day: Sin and Sanctity

Sin. It’s strangely akin to our love for crappy television: we don’t talk about it until...

May 2016

May 27, 2016

Don’t Check Your Privilege

Culturally, there has been a lot of conversation about the topic of privilege. Macklemore even...

May 18, 2016

Sit Still Look Pretty?

Recently, I was chatting with a few of the female youths of my classroom about up-and-coming pop...

May 09, 2016

Mary, Motherhood, and Mess

A few days ago, I received a Snapchat from one of my good friends who...