Becoming empty like Mary this Advent
In the darkest hours of the morning when it seems that even the moon has gone to sleep, I am…
Molly Farinholt recently graduated from the College of William & Mary, where she studied English and art history and ran cross country and track. She and her husband recently moved from Virginia to Colorado. She spends her days pursuing truth, beauty and goodness through nannying, writing and making her house a home.
In the darkest hours of the morning when it seems that even the moon has gone to sleep, I am…
Cars careen down the road, auto-tuned radio music thundering out the rolled-down windows. Life in living rooms is deadened by…
I have long been intrigued by the prominent Biblical figure of Mary Magdalene — the wayward sinner, afflicted with demons,…
In perhaps the most beautiful passage in his Confessions, St. Augustine writes, “For behold thou wert within me, and I…
In May of 1982, Pope John Paul II offered a most profound explanation of suffering to an audience at Southwark’s…
As the winds sweep away the last traces of autumn, we gaze upon the flickering flame of a purple candle…
“At all times bless the Lord, your God, and ask him that all your paths may be straight and all…