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Maria Mellis is a high school English teacher in Clarkston, Michigan, as well as a pianist and parish music director. She has spent time living and teaching in Poland and loves to bake, to play soccer and volleyball, and to write poetry in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. She is passionate about the daily opportunity that each one of us has to encounter God in the most ordinary of moments and is continually inspired by her students, her family, and especially her husband, Austin.
We often feel that we can be the most rude to the people we are closest to because they will…
What does God want me to do with my life? Where is he calling me? Will I ever find my…
There is something extraordinary waiting to be discovered in every ordinary moment if only we will have eyes to see….
My favorite Advent greeting is “Happy New Year!” The greeting is technically accurate since Advent is the start of the…
It happened in the back of a cop car: the Blessed Virgin Mary showed me her motherly care. It began…
I answered the phone to a woman requesting an abortion. Unable to offer the procedure, I instead calmly suggested she…
“Your home is a sanctuary.” My grandfather repeated similar words over and over again during and after his first visit…
Twenty-three and married … or at least dating the guy I want to marry. For how many young women is…
Hurry. Decorate. Shop. Celebrate. Collapse. By the time Dec. 26 rolls around, you’re glad the radio has stopped playing Christmas…
After surviving a year of pandemic-infested wedding planning while teaching rotating bouts of online and in-person instruction at my high…