Divine Mercy, Pouring Out Like Gold

“Behold, I make all things new.” Suffering changes us. It changed me. It is meant to be transformational. Through suffering, God changed our destiny. The Easter Octave begins in Resurrection and ends in Mercy. Blood and water pouring over us, from Him. Today, He says “See the holes in my hands, put your hand in

There is No Going Back to Our Nets

He finds them on the water, fishing, right back where they were when He called them. When Jesus resurrects He finds His disciples on the sea, casting their nets. It’s easy to picture them all looking over the water, deep in thought, numb and gloomy from the past days’ events, unsure of what else to

The Feeling of Easter Sunday

The moment a gentle joke breaks the gravity of a tense conversation. The feeling of drying tears on your cheeks as you laugh. The smiles paired with black outfits in the moments after a funeral when memories are shared. Bittersweet mixes of joy and sorrow that remind us we have souls that plunge deeper than

The Raw Days Between Death and New Life

It is finished. The battle is won. But the celebration is a couple days away. And so, we hold silence in our hearts and wait. It is so hard to remember what it would have been like, these hours between His Death and Resurrection. How raw would their hearts still be as they heard of

Jesus Suffered the Most

For some reason, we can feel the urge to try to prove something we are going through is worse than the struggles of others. If your spouse is in pain, your pain is certainly worse. If your coworker thinks she had a bad week, just wait until she hears how YOUR week went. If your

The Week Suffering Is Redeemed

It is time. Take up your sufferings like weapons of war, for this week, they become the means by which the battle is won. It is only in the Catholic Church that those who suffer find their wounds turned into rubies in the crown of God. But this week, that crown is of thorns upon

A Different Kind of Holy Week

Here I am Lord, I have heard You calling in the night. I will go, Lord, if You lead me. I will hold Your people in my heart. – a hymn from church It has been a year and a half since I last wrote here, when – unbeknownst to us – our family stood

Batter My Heart: Four Reasons You Can’t Hear God

You can also watch this video on Rumble here. At long last, I am back with another poetry video! This video uses John Donne’s “Batter My Heart” sonnet as the inspiration for a discussion about ways we can keep ourselves isolated from God. We also look at four reasons we may not be hearing God

No Quick Fixes in Physical or Spiritual Healing

You can also watch this video on Rumble here. This is a casual chat about the importance of addressing the underlying causes keeping you sick, both physically and spiritually. In this video, I share a little more about some of the struggles I’ve overcome and some of the struggles we all face and put off

The Pulley: Rich and Weary by God’s Design

You can also watch the video on Rumble here. I am excited to share a poem of a different kind with you, in this second video in our Poetry and Praise series. This video focuses on “The Pulley” by George Herbert. You can find the full poem on the Poetry Foundation’s website here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44370/the-pulley. Again,