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March 2016

March 25, 2016

My Vampiric Spirit, Confession, and Conversion

Author note: This is a guest post written by my friend Kristin from Austin...

March 24, 2016

“It Is Finished. Father, Into Your Hands, I Commend My Spirit.” – Reflections on the Seven Last Words Parts 6 and 7

I'm going to combine the last parts of the Seven Last Words because I feel...

March 23, 2016

“I Thirst” – Reflections on the Seven Last Words Part 5

"I thirst." - John 19:28 Out of the Seven Last Words, this one is my...

March 21, 2016

Behold Your Mother: Reflections on the Seven Last Words Part 3

When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he...

March 18, 2016

Today, You Will Be With Me In Paradise: Reflections on The Seven Last Words Part 2

During one of my college retreats, I underwent my first Ignatian exercise and imagined myself...

March 17, 2016

Father, Forgive Them: Reflections on The Seven Last Words Part 1

"Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."-Luke 23:34 Whenever I heard...

March 16, 2016

The Hard Thing About Humility

Since the official date of Mother Teresa's canonization has been announced, I want to look...

March 15, 2016

Being on “God’s Time”

I never thought I would be so annoyed about setting the clocks forward. Since I...

March 14, 2016

Advancing While Retreating

Last weekend, I was away on a 2-day Ignatian retreat. This retreat was unique from...

March 10, 2016

On Retreat With Pope Francis

Tomorrow and Saturday, I will be on retreat and it'll be a different experience from...

March 07, 2016

Jesus Falls For The 3rd Time: Lent Day 23

From Heart of Mary Women's Fellowship: Who is Mary Magdalene? She’s a saint that’s shrouded...

March 04, 2016

Jesus Falls a Third Time: Lent Bible Study Day 21

From Heart of Mary Women's Fellowship: The hard part of living a Christian life isn’t...

March 03, 2016

Blessed Teresa of Calcutta: Lent Day 20

From Heart of Mary Women's Fellowship: One saint in this modern age who lived a...

March 02, 2016

Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem: Lent Day 19

From Heart of Mary Women's Fellowship "Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore...

February 2016

February 29, 2016

Jesus Falls For the Second Time: Lent Bible Study Day 17

From Heart of Mary Women's Fellowship: It breaks our heart when we see Jesus fall...

February 24, 2016

Walking By Faith: 5 Songs for a Lenten Season

While I love Audrey Assad's latest album, Inheritance, there are a lot of other songs on my...

February 23, 2016

Side Effects of Spending Time With God

Luke 6:45 "A good person out of the store of goodness in his heart...

February 19, 2016

Life Unplugged: Lent Progress Report Week 1

One of my Lenten resolutions was to spend less time on social media. I...

February 16, 2016

Why I Refuse to Call Myself “Trash”

I have a love-hate relationship with modern day slang. I had to deal with...

February 15, 2016

Finding Ourselves in the Silence

It's hard for me to be quiet for long. Although I don't like noisy, crowded...

February 09, 2016

Walking With Ambiguity During Lent

I said at the beginning of the year that my word for 2016 is "Love."...

April 2015

April 04, 2015

Tomorrow Comes: A Sonnet on the Easter Vigil

40 days have come and gone I went into the desert and came back again...

April 03, 2015

The Longest Night In History: Act 1, Scene 1

INT. THE UPPER ROOM, JERUSALEM -- NIGHT PETER is standing alone, crying. He is burdened...

April 02, 2015

Walking Through Calvary, St. Ignatius Style Part 7

Thirteenth Station: Jesus is Taken Down From the Cross Something I remembered from The Passion of...

April 01, 2015

Walking Through Calvary, St. Ignatius Style Part 6

Eleventh Station: Jesus is Nailed to the Cross Something I saw while checking out the...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

Walking Through Calvary, St. Ignatius Style Part 5

Eighth Station: Jesus falls for the third time. Once again, we see Jesus fall down....

March 30, 2015

Walking Through Calvary, St. Ignatius Style Part 4

Seventh Station: Jesus falls the second time Once again, our Lord has fallen. Even with...

March 29, 2015

Walking Through Calvary, St. Ignatius Style, Part 3

Fifth Station: Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the cross According to Wikipedia, Cyrene is...

March 28, 2015

Walking Through Calvary, St. Ignatius Style Part 2

Third Station: Jesus Falls for The First Time It's hard to imagine that almost as...

March 27, 2015

Walking Through Calvary, St. Ignatius Style Part 1

During my college days, a retreat leader introduced me and my friends to the Spiritual...

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