Queen of All Hearts
This week we celebrate the Queenship of Mary. Mary is our Mother and her royalty is manifested to us most powerfully in how she tends to our needs with such solicitous, knowing, maternal care. When I was 10 years old,…
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.
Sharing Joy and the Messiness
And so, in the midst of my crumbly, fumbly, full, blessed life, Mary came to my side! Mary came through Maria. Standing at the foot of my cross, as we stood together at the foot of each friend’s cross.
In the Silence of Mary’s Womb
Sink deeply into the profound peace and safety of Mary’s womb with Jesus through this guided visualization.
Christmas Wonderings
When each of my three children were born and the midwife lifted them up for me to see and placed them on my chest all I could do was stare at them and whisper, “Oh my God. Oh my God.”…
A Prayer for Maternal Help
Holy Mary, Our Lady of Fatima, with renewed gratitude for your maternal presence, I join my voice to all the generations who call you blessed. Hold my life in your arms; Ask the Lord to bless and strengthen my every…
Motherhood: Full of Grace?
“This is SO not graceful right now!” I thought to myself as I leaned half-way into the back seat of my sedan attempting to put my 1 year old in his car-seat with one hand while simultaneously pulling my shirt…