This weekend our parish had our first priestly ordination. A young man I have known for almost a decade was ordained to the priesthood right there in our little parish. The Maronite Bishop, Chor-Bishop, the Roman Catholic Bishop, and dozens of priests, deacons, subdeacons, and seminarians from the Maronite, Latin, and Byzantine Churches were there. …
I’ve been leaning hard into rhythms lately. Autumn seems to have that way about her, doesn’t she? I am not good at routine at the same time somehow in love with ritual. The ones that come most naturally are the ones that bookend my days: grinding my coffee in the morning, drinking it with my …
Chatting recently with my book club, someone dropped the name of a prominent Catholic teacher/writer/celebrity. I won’t mentioned his name here, because I don’t need that smoke. This name carries a lot of weight in most Catholic circles. For me, he’s…..meh. When I read his books I feel like I’m reading any twentieth century Protestant …
On May 5 last year I posted a reel to Instagram where I said that I had never been on a date. (Here) Understandably people were like “Wait what?” I was married for nearly 20 years. I have nine children. And I had never been on an actual date, not counting “married dates” which is …
Hey, guess who was spotted speaking her mind outside the blog? This girl. First, I was honored to be asked to be on the Ideas Digest podcast taking up the question of whether it was an objective good to have children. I decided not to make any overtly religious arguments, but to be more philosophical …
I will preface this disjointed post by saying that I don’t expect everyone to follow my train of thought here. It IS rather disjointed, but it flowed in my stream of consciousness this way as I talked with two friends: one in the afternoon with tea around my fire. The other way late into the …
Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of the prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and who keep what is written in it; for the time is near. Revelation 1:3 In this Maronite liturgical season of the Holy Cross, we read from the Book of the Apocalypse, that is Revelation. I love …
L’Shana Tova! It’s the year 5783, according to the Hebrew Calendar. A day to wish those you love have their names inscribed in the Book of Life. G’mar hatima tova! For Jews, today is the birthday of creation. Recently I heard people discussing the age of the earth and how there is no way scientifically …
When I gave birth to my first born child I thought (rightly so) that she was the most beautiful creature on God’s green earth. Although I had no idea how to parent her, no one could fault my love. I loved her so completely, I was so enraptured, I was sure no one had ever …
I was recently reminded through someone’s Instagram story of Galatians 2:20-21. Honestly, I haven’t thought about this particular verse in a while. However, in my youthful zeal, I took this Scripture as my “life verse” when I was just 13. I was flying high on a mission trip in Mexico. I was reading through all …
reconciling things 