With all of the new laws coming out from various states across the nation, I’ve begun to sit down and think about what it truly means to be pro life. And honestly, the pro choice activists can ironically give us a great insight as to what that is. All over social media I’ve heard the… Continue reading Pro Abundant Life
Holy Saturday is a weird day. We're out of lent, but in the Triduum. Good Friday has passed, yet the mourning has not. We're preparing for Easter, yet Jesus is still in the tomb. I never quite understood how to appropriately approach this solum day. How do we fast in the morning, but celebrate the… Continue reading Tomorrow Is Still Holy Saturday
As we go into this 40 day journey of lent, I think it's important to truly dig into what lent is about. I know a lot of people would say lent is about sacrifice, but I wouldn't say that. Sure we sacrifice during lent, but that's not really what it's about. After all, God didn't… Continue reading Love by Loving
Happy New Year my friends! It's the most wonderful time of the year quite literally. The time for us to prepare for Christ's birth! Let us rejoice in such anticipation! In the past few weeks, my bible study and I have been going through a Christmas study where we look forward to the coming of… Continue reading Advent: The Thrill of Hope
At least half of the posts I've written so far have been about the flaws of society. I've talked about how society takes away our worth, leads us to believe lies, and even leads us to stop seeing the beauty in God's creations. This is because I think it's very easy to see the flaws… Continue reading The Goodest of Good
Your worth: the hot topic of christian conversation, and I've got to say it's about time. In a world that's spiritually poor, emotionally exhausting, and filled with lies: the mental and spiritual health of many is at risk. Men and woman's societal worth is boiled down to physical interactions, fake socialization, and the amount of… Continue reading You Don’t Deserve Better
When I first got into college I was going to be a pediatrician. Then I was going to help design prosthetics for the disabled and veterans. Currently, I am preparing to take classes studying water and dirt. I had this plan to work with people. To help them. To make this world a better place… Continue reading The Bread Maker
My beautiful sisters in Christ, thank you so much for coming on this journey with me to learn more about our beauty as women and as daughters of Christ. I hope you've felt yourself grow in your authentic feminine beauty as the weeks have passed. As I was preparing for this study I came across… Continue reading The Beauty of a Woman Week 6: Pieta
Hello my sisters in Christ! We've made it! The last chapter of Ruth! Here we will see the goodness the Lord promises us fulfilled! So lets get started and read Ruth 4. When I started this study I had three goals. 1) Have women recognize the beauty they hold in themselves. 2) Have women learn… Continue reading The Beauty of a Woman Week 5: Your Beauty- Body, Mind, and Soul
Hello my fellow bible-study-followers! We are now on week 4 of our study, and chapter 3 of Ruth! More then half way done this awesome story of love that God has given us! This weeks study is going to be a little different. We're going to use Ruth to uncover some truths about current day… Continue reading The Beauty of a Woman Week 4: Scandal
Welcome back to week 3 of this study! Just a little recap: week 1 we talked about what 'the beauty of a woman' means. We talked about your worth as a daughter of Christ and the gifts that God gives us. Last week we walked through Ruth 1 and talked about 5 lessons it teaches… Continue reading The Beauty of a Woman Week 3: The Traits of Ruth
Hello my beautiful sisters! Welcome back to my bible study series on authentic femininity. Last week we talked about where this study got it's name from. This week we are going to dive into Ruth, but before we do that I want to give you a little historical context. This book of the bible takes… Continue reading The Beauty of a Woman Week 2: Finding Light in Darkness
My dear sisters in Christ, this post is designed to intro a summer series where I will be posting a bible study I'm calling 'The Beauty of a Woman.' This is a study I've designed specifically for you, daughters of Christ, and focuses on authentic femininity- how to use the gifts and talents God has… Continue reading The Beauty of a Woman Week 1: Introduction
When I was about a freshman in high school, social media really blew up, mostly, because iPhones did. Everybody found themselves trying to come up with a cute Instagram handle and post the artsiest photos. Well, Instagram quickly turned into proof that you had a good life. What I mean by that is, we all… Continue reading What Happened When I Deleted Snapchat
Adoration has always been the place where I have some of my most powerful prayer experiences. It's a need I have to put into my week to keep my faith life alive. I've experienced the Lord speak to me in crazy and powerful ways, and have learned so much about myself and Jesus through these… Continue reading Perfection
‘The Beauty of the Woman.’ This is the title of Song of Songs 4:1-7. ‘The Beauty of the Woman.’ A few months ago, a verse in this passage was brought to my attention by a young woman in my bible study. “How beautiful you are, my friend, how beautiful you are!” (Song of… Continue reading There is No Flaw
I like to joke saying a majority of my faith life consists of Fr. Mike Schmitz videos, The Imitation of Christ by Thomas A. Kempis, The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis, and adoration, and to be honest, the joke isn't too far off from the truth. All of these things have noted important parts in… Continue reading A Piece of Toast
The Lord rose from the dead. He was betrayed, went through agony, died, was buried, and rose. We know this. It is the greatest love story of all time. However, over these next few weeks, we take a special ownership for the cruxifixction of our Lord and Savior. For while we may not have held… Continue reading Put Up a Fight This Lent
"For if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have? Do not the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet your brothers only, what is unusual about that? Do not the pagans do the same? So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect." -Matthew 5:46-48 This passage shows the amazing call that we… Continue reading Live Radically
Have you ever felt like you’ve hit rock bottom? Like your life couldn’t get any worse? I’ve felt this way probably two times in my life if we’re talking rock rock bottom. Now I’m not going to waste my time dwelling upon these things. We all have hardships in life. Pain, sadness, suffering – it’s… Continue reading Hills and Valleys
The older I get, the more prevalent death becomes to me. Every one dies eventually, we all know this, but have you really thought about it? The first several chapters in the devotional I am reading out of these days is all about death. Yes, the first couple sentences of this entry could sound quite… Continue reading Death Does Not Equal Fear
Last week’s post- Unwavering Identity- dissected Daniel 3. Today, I would like to continue the dialogue of identity as I reflect upon quote I stumbled across in The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis. The Imitation is one of my absolute favorite books that has become my go to read for spiritual guidance, after the… Continue reading Society’s Biggest Lie
As the New Year approaches, I found myself starting to reflect on my identity of self. Over the past year I have realized that I define myself by the sports I play, the grades I get, and the school I go to. As the New Years approaches, I have started to reflect more on my… Continue reading Unwavering Identity
Last year, one of my school's missionaries introduced me to St. Joseph of Cupertino as I was preparing for a major chemistry test. I remember walking out of that test, knowing my prayers for St. Joseph's intercession has been answered in an incredibly radical way. Since that day, St. Joseph has been my go to… Continue reading The Intercession of St. Joseph of Cupertino
In 1205 AD, in a small town in Italy, a humbled man received a call from the Lord. The Lord said to him, “Francis, build my Church.” When I think of this story, I like to imagine St. Francis of Assisi hurrying with great love and joy to complete this call from God. I imagine… Continue reading Zeal for the Lord
I’m sure we’ve all been to a Mass before and had a priest’s whose homily is just not sticking with us. Right? I mean who hasn’t? Well today, my church had a priest from a different town come visit our parish. He was a lot different from our parish priests in the way he talked,… Continue reading The Stone of Condemnation
A few years ago I had a seminarian friend ask me what I thought the opposite of love was, and, as I’m sure many others would answer, I said hate. However, he said ‘actually the opposite of love is lust.’ He continued on and said, ‘when you are lusting after someone you are asking yourself… Continue reading Love Radiantly
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