Want the key to a happy marriage? P.O.L.I.T.E. communication
We often feel that we can be the most rude to the people we are closest to because they will “understand where we are coming from” or because we have…
The powerful prayer that works too well
I’d only been praying the Litany of Humility for a week or so when I realized this particular prayer needed to come with a warning label. I’d forgotten how challenging…
Distracted during prayer? Here are 5 tips to help you focus
On an average college day, I was in my dorm room praying a Rosary with a few friends when I realized my mind had been wandering for the entire first…
The simple daily habit that has most strengthened my marriage
My husband, Joseph, and I had only been married a few months when we signed up for a marriage retreat at our local parish. We knew we had a lot…
Getting to know God in the Catechism
Back in the fall, I started the Catechism and Bible in a year reading plans. Well, let’s say I started the “Catechism and Bible in however long it takes a…
How to cultivate the routines that are essential to living the Faith
Sometimes when I’m at work, my fingers poised over the keyboard to write another email, I daydream of leaving it all behind. I’d get in a camper with my husband…
The feminine call to the intellectual life
A scribe tests Jesus, asking him, what is the greatest commandment? Jesus responds, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with…
How to give up hurrying for Lent
Thomas Merton wrote, “Hurry ruins saints as well as artists.” If that’s true, then I’m in trouble. Nearly every day involves a handful of rushed moments in which I rarely…
7 reasons to engage in self-care
What is your relationship with silence? Is it something you crave or fear, find tedious or enjoy? I ask these questions because I think that a woman’s relationship with silence…
When I don’t want to pray: A follow-up
Sisters, I recently wrote to you about this long season I’ve been in — one that feels too long for a self proclaimed Christian and former missionary. It’s the season…