On pain & suffering that I create, and the joy of the Lord which gives me strength
A few quick takes this Tuesday: + On Pain & Suffering I Create: A lot of pain that I’ve experienced has been made worse by my response to it; which is to tense up, to become rigid, and to go into panic mode. To deny what’s happening. It happens when...
“Prayer is spelled T-i-m-e”
Jon Leonetti has been a speaker for a couple of our online Pray More Retreats now, and this is one thing he’s said again and again: “Prayer is spelled T-I-M-E.” How are you spending your time this Lent? How are you committing to praying more? How are...
Lent; with our hearts & minds, prayers & actions (Let’s begin)
This week’s must-reads as we begin Lent: + Our Pray More Lenten Retreat begins on Ash Wednesday! Here’s a trailer for the retreat. During the retreat, we’ll work on returning to the Lord this Lent: with our hearts and minds, through our prayers and...
Reinventing your marriage & giving your worries to the lord
This week’s must-reads: + How effective is Natural Family Planning? + “When love doesn’t come with sparkles and butterflies, it means you have to choose to love, whether you feel it or not. You can’t base your marriage or live out a commitment of that...
Returning to the Lord With Our Whole Hearts
“If I don’t fill my mind with prayer, I fill it with anxiety, worry, temptations and resentment.” I was thinking this exact thought the other day as I thought about what I want to do during Lent…I think a lot of sin happens because of unhealthy...
How Your Husband *Can* Make You Happy, and How to Rebuild Intimacy in your Marriage
With Valentine’s Day coming up, this week’s must-reads are all focused on love, marriage, and the One who created it (as well as a special Mass takeaway from Sunday’s homily, at the bottom of the post): + “The encyclical of Pope Pius XI on...
Patience, Kindness, Rejoicing & Enduring (and more!)
Here are this week’s must-reads! + I’m trying to intentionally focus this week on the qualities of God that we heard about in the Mass readings on Sunday: how He is patient and kind, and how love rejoices & endures. Which of those qualities comes more...About Me
Hi, I'm Annie! I'm a Catholic wife, writer & producer, and I work from home on a prayer ministry I run with my husband. I also write about, and share, some of the best things I find about living an authentic Catholic life as a woman & wife.
