Weakness: A powerful feminine attribute
I doubt anyone has ever been called “weak” and blushed a shade of rose while uttering a humble “thank you.” By most standards, such a qualification would be considered a…
I doubt anyone has ever been called “weak” and blushed a shade of rose while uttering a humble “thank you.” By most standards, such a qualification would be considered a…
Almost 11 years ago during a semester abroad in Rome, some classmates and I opted for a day trip to Orvieto, Italy. We visited the Orvieto cathedral, praying in front…
Poverty. It is one of the three vows consecrated religious commonly make, and in a world fueled by financial success, it seems irrelevant to the life of an average layperson….
“You are dust, and to dust you shall return” (Gn 3:19). These words, often heard on Ash Wednesday, were originally spoken by God to Adam after Adam ate the forbidden…
I’ve heard it said that after her death from tuberculosis in 1897, some of St. Thérèse’s religious sisters wondered what would be put in her obituary. After all, she was…
In a world that insists on defining things by extremes, it can be challenging to identify the true balance we call virtue. Virtue is defined by the Catechism of the…
It is a truth universally acknowledged by Catholics that the season of Advent is never long enough to properly prepare for Christmas. No matter if it is the full four…
Once, in my local writer’s group, I shared a fictional (but realistic) story about a speech therapist who is harassed by her (male) patient. Most of the writers in the…
Five years ago, on the eve of the feast of the Assumption, my grandfather passed from this life. A fresh college graduate, I had spent the previous few months living…
Every day at 5:30 a.m., without fail, the rooster’s call woke me up, a piercing alarm against the backdrop of a delicate dawn. Quickly throwing on my ratty jeans and…