Each person, including yours truly, has a character or two in our lives who causes us grief. These people grind at our nerves. Despite our best efforts to love them where they are and for who they are, something about them grates at us. We often find ourselves not acting virtuously when life concerns them. Our emotions are hijacked. We… Read More

The concept, In Persona Christi, meaning in the person of Christ, is taught to Catholics in the early days of youth. When administering the sacraments, the priest is acting in the person of Christ, a grace given to him as a minister of Christ through the hand of the bishop when he is ordained a priest (see CCC 1548-1551). As… Read More

A dear friend of mine has been struggling with one of her kiddos. We will call her Clair. Much to her dismay, her son seems to have desire to follow the most dismal of characters and pathetic leaders, who make the worst choices. He falls into negative cycles and patterns and has minimal desire or willpower to pull himself out…. Read More

I adore singing! Belting it out when the music begins during mass and when the mood strikes me in the car, I feel a release inside of me as the words leap from my mouth. The melody soothes my soul. Sadly, my kids prefer I not sing. My impaired hearing causes my tone to be off, leaving something to be… Read More

Last month I spent some time away with one of my dear friends. As were we talking, hashing out life, she shared a life struggle she was having with a family member as the holiday season approached. There was a great disparity between this family member’s expectations and desires and my friend’s. Add in the rude undertone projected from the… Read More

My friends are my heartstrings. We live life together and share our innermost thoughts and longings. Experiencing the daily rigor and joys of life, we feel each other’s deepest needs and desires. From this connectedness, we have pure, good, and right desires for each other, for our friends, prayers that the Lord plants in the deepest most delicate part of… Read More