by Annie | Oct 29, 2024 |
Here are this week’s must-reads: + “Grief, then gratitude. The longer I live and the more pain I encounter, I’m further convinced that this is the healthy cycle of suffering: grief then gratitude. Mourn the life you thought you’d have, then give thanks for...
by Annie | Oct 22, 2024 |
Here are this week’s must-reads: + “When the alarm goes off in the morning, when that first wave of to-do’s rush into my consciousness, when I feel behind before I even begin — the Spirit, whose Word is rising the dawning sun across the sky, the Spirit...
by Annie | Oct 15, 2024 |
Here are this week’s must-reads: + “It’s a comfort to me that Mary and Joseph were anxious at times. On my hardest days, when my heart is overwhelmingly burdened with the suffering of those around me, I think of Mary’s heart, pondering, loving, consoling,...
by Annie | Sep 24, 2024 |
Here are this week’s must-reads: + “We are the sacristans of the domestic church. This is why all the dishes and laundry you do is not unseen in the eyes of God… Recently I realized my family spends most of our time together at the dining room table....
by Annie | Sep 17, 2024 |
Here are this week’s must-reads: + St. John Chrysostom said, “A good marriage is not a matter of one partner obeying the other, but of both partners obeying each other.” Maybe an easier word for that is serving — serving one another. Here’s how...
by Annie | Sep 10, 2024 |
Here are this week’s must-reads: + “What is it that the Lord actually promises us? There is so much that he actually does give us — and yet, there can be things that we deeply long for and desire that he doesn’t actually promise us. And I want...
by Annie | Aug 27, 2024 |
Here are this week’s must-reads: + “We often think that extraordinary service calls for extraordinary circumstances, but sainthood is found in the love of our personal callings. It may not be extraordinary to interact with the people in your home…...
by Annie | Aug 20, 2024 |
Here are this week’s must-reads: + “There is something about your specific season that is so important for the work God wants to do in and through you. This specific season. Not the one I planned that didn’t play out. Not the one I wish for when I...