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March 2016

March 26, 2016

Holy Saturday: When Love and Mercy defeat Fear and Lies

I have had the best week. It's been a Holy Week full of Grace and...

March 22, 2016

Dear Pope Francis, Not Just a Book for Kids

I was excited to check out this Dear Pope Francis by Pope Francis for my...

March 21, 2016

Reconciliation

Reconciliation is what the best moments in life are made of. When we are without...

March 19, 2016

Lent 2016, When I tried to Give God the Silent Treatment

I have not been to Mass this entire Lent. Part of me thought that this...

March 18, 2016

Book Review: Operating on Faithby Matt Weber

Operating on Faith by Matt Weber is a memoir about suffering, marriage, love and...

March 14, 2016

Everything Changes: The Last Year of My 30’s

Tomorrow is my 39th birthday. It will be the first day of the rest...

March 05, 2016

Inspired to Keep Trying

The Real O’Neals is a show on ABC about an Irish Catholic family that...

March 04, 2016

The Restlessness of Fear

I am taking a Called and Gifted class at my parish on Thursday nights which...

February 2016

February 20, 2016

Not this Again: Protestants Still Protesting

I went to a Baptist Church on my own from the age of 8 until...

February 19, 2016

7 QT’s The 40th Friday of Lent

1. I haven't really ever considered how different writing for Patheos is from just writing...

February 18, 2016

Borders and Lines in the Sand

I have written over and over how important it is to not let snark take...

February 18, 2016

Walls, Fences and Human Dignity

I am a born and bred Texan Hispanic aka Tejano. My grandfather was born in...

February 17, 2016

To My 14 Year Old Self: Goodbye

When I was 14 I had already been through things that some adults will...

February 09, 2016

Fat Tuesday and Preparing for Lent

Tomorrow is Ask Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. I don't know if you have heard...

January 2016

January 27, 2016

Matt Walsh: The Primer for Trump

When it comes to politics I have gone from right to left and back again....

January 23, 2016

Reason #2353434 That I love Being Catholic: Snow Mass

Yesterday thousands of pro-lifers from all walks of life and different backgrounds and religions (...

January 21, 2016

Book Review: Freedom by Everett Fritz

Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing Everett Fritz for my radio show on...

January 12, 2016

Free to Love

Last Saturday my husband and I went to a friend’s and had some wine....

January 11, 2016

Book Review: My Badass Book of Saints

Today I’m joining the conversation on My Badass Book of Saints for the Patheos...

January 07, 2016

Letting Go

I have often heard the saying “Let go and let God” and I’ve never really...

January 05, 2016

Hello, My name is Leticia and I’m a Drunk

Yesterday I was on the Jennifer Fulwiler Show on SiriusXM The Catholic Channel and we...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

Reality Is Difficult, But It Is Not Boring

I have been pretty honest and open about my past and I’ve had people ask...

December 17, 2015

About that Christmas Spirit

I think that I don't have it. I have never really cared much about Christmas...

December 11, 2015

Saint West and the Year of Mercy

"To pass through the Holy Door means to rediscover the infinite mercy of the Father...

December 08, 2015

I am a Tearful Mess Today

I am a crying mess listening to Adele on the first day of the year...

December 08, 2015

A Witness of Mercy

Mercy is central to my life. Without it, I would not be here. I have...

November 2015

November 29, 2015

Our Common Ground

Hateful insults fling from both sides of the abortion debate and fuels violence from both...

November 28, 2015

The Truth Nobody Talks About

I didn't trust myself or my sense of right and wrong when I first became...

November 24, 2015

Goals for 2016 aka Lists I make when Procrastinating.

Goals for 2016 aka Lists I make when Procrastinating. 1. Buy my husband a boat...

November 23, 2015

The Scandal of TV Shows

People losing their shit for a TV show portraying things that happen in real life...