Prepare Your Heart for Jesus
During Advent we are invited to prepare our hearts anew for Jesus, right? What does that mean and how do we do it? How do I make my heart a more inviting abode for our Lord? We reflected on this…
EPHPHATHA – “Be Opened”
"Let the Lord enter; he is the king of glory" (Ps 24) "Let the Lord enter..."--such a plea from the psalmist's heart to our hearts in this weekday Mass Responsorial, read as Advent unfolds into Christmas. Our parish has been engaged…
The Womb of My Heart
This year, Advent is the shortest that it can possibly be, with next Sunday being both the fourth Sunday of Advent and Christmas Eve! It hardly seems like we've had enough time to ponder the incredible reality of the Incarnation!…
The Humility in the Outstretched Arms of Jesus
For every Christian, while he remains fully divine, Jesus is the ultimate man. He is the one truly worthy of worship, glory and praise and because of his divinity, the only man perfect and without the stain of sin. “There…
At Home… in Nazareth
Allow the Holy Family's homestead of perfect love to become your interior homestead. At any moment of the day we can rest interiorly, in the presence of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. We are welcome in their home.
Our Neediness is a Nativity
My dear friend sent me an instagram post the other day: "Your neediness is a nativity." Wow. That’s what my heart longs to hear. I know the need is real. Glory be to God that it can be a birth…
Called to Be Like Mary, Mother and Bride
Through the seasons of my life as a wife for 29 years and a mother of 9 children, Mary has journeyed with me. In her faithful companionship, I found the tender, wise, prayerful and loving mother my heart and soul…
Christmas Wonderings
...sit in pure, quiet adoration of the Beauty that is ever ancient and ever new held within the person of a sweet, newborn baby.
The Light Has Come
Laura shares her painful story with the reminder that there is hope, even in deep suffering, because the Light has come into the world.
Prayer to Complete My Advent Preparation
Thank you guiding me through this Advent season, now drawing near its close. Pull me nearer and grant me rest with You in the comfort of our Blessed Mother's womb.