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March 2016

March 08, 2016

#TransformationTuesday: Walking Through The Rainstorms

My current favorite song from Taylor Swift is not one of her big hit singles....

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 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 14, 2016

Catholic Dating Problem Part 1: Waiting and Finding

Happy Valentine's Day! As everyone already knows, single people have a hard enough time...

February 10, 2016

Free Lent Bible Study And Journal!

This year on Heart of Mary Women's Fellowship, my fellow Bible study writers and I...

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...

February 2015

February 22, 2015

Lent Day 5: Sundays are NOT Cheat Days!

According to Americancatholic.org: Technically, Sundays are not part of Lent. Although we celebrate them liturgically...

February 21, 2015

Lent Day 4: Falling In Love With The Process

As with many others of my generation, I am an Instagram addict. I was browsing...

February 20, 2015

How Exactly Can I Give Alms When I’m Broke?

Like many 20-somethings these days, I have a problem finding the means of getting a...

February 19, 2015

Lent Day 2: The Pillar of Prayer

Yesterday, I talked about how I had issues with fasting. Today, I want to talk...

February 18, 2015

Lent Day 1: Growing Pains

Although I love Lent's emphasis on prayer and almsgiving, I have a problem with fasting....

February 17, 2015

Why I Will Not #Ashtag

I am giving up selfies for Lent. Don't get me wrong. I love taking...

April 2014

April 16, 2014

Lent Day 42 and 43: The Answer To Everything

Here's a funny observation I made back in Advent of 2011Interesting connection b/w Matthew's family...

April 14, 2014

Lent Day 41: Blood Moon

It's no coincidence that Passover and Holy Week take place around the same time. Jesus...

April 12, 2014

Lent Day 39: No Greater Disappointment

Recently, I met someone who told me "There is no greater disappointment than Christ on...

April 11, 2014

Lent Day 38: The Voice In the Silence

"If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts." Many a Catholic identifies this...

April 09, 2014

Lent Day 36: National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month! The Catholic Gentleman posted a blog about some Catholic poets you...

April 08, 2014

Lent Day 35: Night at the Movies- Mean Girls

Do you really want to know why I didn't blog Sunday night? I was looking...

April 07, 2014

Lent Day 33 and 34: The A Word

I know. I'm being more inconsistent than a soap opera lately. I have no excuses.But...

April 05, 2014

Lent Day 31: What is Love?

Fr. Robert Barron's Lenten Reflection talked about how compassion and forgiveness became God's weapons as Jesus...

April 02, 2014

Lent Days 27-29: Waiting In The Desert

There were a few reasons I didn't write the past few days.Monday's Lenten Reflection talks about how...

March 2014

March 31, 2014

Lent Day 26: Temporary Home

Fr. Robert Barron's Lenten Reflection today reminds me of a CS Lewis quote:If we find...

March 30, 2014

Lent Day 25: Pushed to the Limit

Fr. Robert Barron's Lenten Reflection asks "What Can The Saints Teach us About Lent?"In his reflection,...

March 29, 2014

Lent Day 24: Psalms and Feelings

Fr. Robert Barron's Lenten Reflection talks about keeping Christ at the center of our lives. Now...

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