“God is always with us, working in the brokenness to lead us to life.”
Here are this week’s must-reads: + “Answered prayers and unanswered prayers. Fulfillment and loss. Joy and tragedy. It runs and climbs and shouts before my eyes every moment I’m awake. Living in this tension would be impossible, if not for the Cross....
Marriage: “But if it dies, it produces much fruit”
Here are this week’s must-reads: + “But if it dies, it produces much fruit.” Marriage, like all vocations, requires that — that death to self, to pride, to self-serving behaviors and attitudes. And this can then lead to deeper intimacy, greater love and joy —...
St. Joseph’s Silence: An Active Way of Listening to the Father
Here are this week’s must-reads: + “Joseph’s prayerful silence was the primacy of his interior life. Scripture doesn’t record a single word of St. Joseph. In a world that is so noisy, St. Joseph reminds us of how important it is to cultivate interior...
“The vocation to love is a wonderful thing, it is the only force that can truly transform the world.”
Here are this week’s must-reads: + Something that can change your entire perspective with Scripture is the tone with which you read it. Are you reading it from the perspective of a voice that condemns you and offers you no redemption or are you reading it from...
“Overcoming our obstacles has nothing to do with bouncing back to who we were before”
Here are this week’s must-reads: + “How wonderful it is that God chooses to reveal himself to us! At the top of this mountain, Jesus did not just reveal his divinity, but also that he wishes to be known by his followers. Even today, Jesus is constantly...
“Don’t try to face the day, until you’ve sought the face of God”
Here are this week’s must-reads: + Jesus’ condition for discipleship: “If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my...
How to Hear God’s Voice in Prayer
Here are this week’s must-reads: + “As Lent is the time for greater love, listen to Jesus’ thirst… ‘Repent and believe’ Jesus tells us. What are we to repent? Our indifference, our hardness of heart. What are we to believe? Jesus...
“If you love someone, you must sacrifice for them”
Here are this week’s must-reads: + “Love isn’t about the butterflies. It’s not just an emotional feeling. Love is action, and you can show love through acts of service. If you love someone, you must sacrifice for them, as Jesus sacrificed for us. You must...
“Happy marriages blossom when…”
Here are this week’s must-reads: + What Catholic couples can do during Lent + The Pray More Lenten Retreat trailer is now available to watch! The online, self-paced retreat begins on February 17th, the first day of Lent! We have six speakers & 20 talks...
“Mourning the Life You Envisioned”
Here are this week’s must-reads: + From a few years ago — this is so sweet. “And so, when I get an empty email from my husband, I know it’s because he wrote “I love you.” He says it so often, at the end of so many emails, Gmail thinks it’s part of...
“Everything will be altered, everything will be remade, everything will be transformed.”
Here are this week’s must-reads: + How can wounds speak to my calling? + Rest in Prayer: Rest in prayer is still something I’m working on. It can feel uncomfortable to sit in silence with the Lord. Your mind wanders off. You work your way through your prayer...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.
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