God has used may moments in my life to draw me into an ever deeper relationship with Him. It’s mind-blowing to look back at these experiences and see how God can reveal Himself to us personally as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—how He can lead us to Him through His mother and as our Father, Lover, and Living Spirit.
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7 Steps to Make Prayer a Priority
A daily prayer life is essential to developing a relationship with God, and it is the foundation upon which all other virtues stand. Through prayer, we learn to put God first and to always rely on Him. Here are 7 tips to make prayer a daily priority…
Value in Virtue Part 3: The Productivity Mindset
There is currently a trend in our culture to be constantly productive. Why is that? And how can we prioritize what is truly important and allow time for rest, community, prayer, and simply being with the Lord?
Value in Virtue Part 2: Our Desire for Strength
Man’s desire for strength is a natural desire meant to point them to their role as husbands and fathers–and should be complemented by a much more important inner strength in the Lord.
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Value in Virtue Part 1: Our Desire for Beauty
It’s especially easy for us women to get caught up in the desire to be beautiful, to be noticed, to be loved. And beauty is good—one of the ways that women reflect the image of God. However, The problem occurs when we become obsessive about external beauty at the detriment of the beauty of the soul—when a focus on external beauty comes at the cost of Goodness or Truth or Love.
A Breaking Open: Images from Prayer
During my last holy hour of the week (an hour of prayer before Christ in the Eucharist), I sat in silence and asked the Lord to show me one word, thought, or image that He wanted me to focus on. After a moment of closing my eyes and clearing my mind, I got what I asked for.
Is the Eucharist Biblical?
For those of you who aren’t Catholic, I just wanted to share with you (and my fellow Catholics) one of the reasons I love being Catholic. During quarantine, I’ve missed being able to go to Adoration (prayer in front of the Blessed Sacrament, the bread that we truly believe is the Body of Christ) and…
Today’s Reading: Jesus Understands Us
A reminder for today—Jesus lived life as a human just like us, so he understands the struggles we’re going through. We can always come to Him without fear or shame. Heb 2:14-18: “Surely he did not help angels but rather the descendants of Abraham; therefore, he had to become like his brothers and sisters in…
Semester in Austria
So, I stopped posting these past few months, and here’s why… I’ve been studying abroad in Austria! The picture above is of the old Cartesian monastery which I and about 200 other students called home. I decided that I would not be writing posts over this semester because I wanted to stay focused on school…
Beloved Dreamer 