Praying the Rosary with the Bridegroom
A few years ago, a dear friend asked me if I saw any traces of the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary in The Song of Songs. I had just finished writing and illustrating, “The Seven Joys of the Bride and…
Moving Toward, Not Running Away
When it comes to abusive relationships, it’s inevitable that at some point we reach a breaking point and realize change is necessary. What form that change may take varies from person to person, situation to situation, but eventually the toxic…
Put Out Into the Deep
“At present I believe, but in the glory to come...what appears to me at present so perplexing, so foolish, so inconsistent...will all be entrancing, and will delight me eternally by the beauty, order, knowledge, wisdom, and incomprehensible wonders it will…
The Paradox of Love
There exists a dichotomy in regard to our relationships to other persons. While we are all infinitely complex and unique, we are, simultaneously, infinitely the same. Just as we have complex lives with an incalculable number of details that only…
From the Hand of Our Lady
It was my youngest daughter’s 3rd birthday when I first learned that my husband was committing adultery. Despite the pain and horror that surrounded my family in the coming months, I was determined to fight for my marriage. I knew…
Honest Homage
Release. Reconnect. Restore. Which one of these words speaks to you the most right now, in this moment? And if you could add a word or phrase after that word to describe what you need, what would it be? For…
The Power of Prayer
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly,” John 10:10. Of this I believe; of this I have seen. I have seen the way the enemy is…
In His Banqueting Hall
“Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.’” John 6:35 It is a symptom of the wound of love that the more the…
Lift Me Up, Lord
Building a sense of safety requires trust—not reliance on others, but trust in the strength and beauty of our innermost selves, made in the image and likeness of God. For me, this has been one of the most difficult parts…
She Pondered
What does it mean to ponder? I seem to be doing a great deal of pondering lately. Situations, experiences, people, events and stirrings in my heart which I continue to keep in my heart and add to the well of…