I recently read Embracing Weakness: The Unlikely Secret to Changing the World while traveling home from a work trip to Dallas, and it nearly brought me to tears right there on a plane full of strangers. In this book, Shannon Evans holds up a mirror we often do our best…
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In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus heals a blind man by anointing his eyes with clay and instructing him to wash in the Pool of Siloam. An excerpt from today’s reading As Jesus passed by he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man…
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I won’t call this a “book review” because I’ll probably share more about how reading this book made me feel than about the content. Let’s just pretend I’m sitting down with you over a cup of tea to chat about my thoughts on a good read that touched my heart.…
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On the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, we attended a neighboring parish’s Mass. The priest, Father Peck, gave a homily that challenged me in a positive way, so I wanted to share bits of it here for you to consider. Some Context The Eucharist is a central part of the Catholic faith. We are invited to receive the Lord each…
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Today is Paczki Day in these parts. I first learned about this tradition when my college roomie brought some of the girls in our dorm paczkis, delicious jelly and custard filled pastries, on Fat Tuesday my freshman year of college. Since then, after moving to Chicago and marrying into…
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Yesterday at Mass there was a baptism for a baby boy of about one month old. He was super cute with big squishy cheeks, and he smiled and cooed when Father anointed him with oil. During the Rite of Baptism, the priest asked a series of questions to the child’s…
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I really enjoy books that offer concrete, practical steps you can take to strengthen your faith. One such book I had the pleasure to read recently is Rediscover Catholicism by Matthew Kelly. Kelly urges readers to do one thing at the beginning of Mass each week. Pray, and ask the…
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Mark and I have a system for getting ready for work in the morning that really works for us. It is really less of a “system” and more of a free for all. Whoever gets to it first makes the coffee, prepares our lunches, sets up the DVR so we…
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Mark and I were both sick with the flu last week. He had it really bad, and I just had a touch of it. After a long week of fighting off the illness, we were both pretty exhausted, so we decided to sleep in on Sunday morning and attend whatever Mass we happened to wake up in time to attend.
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