A few years ago I attended a 3-day women’s retreat. It. Was. Awesome. During that restful weekend we were given the opportunity to spend 15 minutes with one of the leaders (priests and a religious sister) for spiritual direction or Confession. I had a regular confessor and didn’t want to take an opportunity away from…
Category: Prayer
Bless Me Father…
I have a wonderful Catholic priest for my Spiritual Director. He is insightful, patient, affirming, asks questions that help me zone in on problem areas, directs with the “mind of the Church”, is an awesome listener, and I get a 2 for 1 each month when he hears my confession at the end. Last week…
Can’t Stand Still
As a result of this, many of His disciples returned to their former way of life and no longer accompanied Him. John 6:66 Every year during the Third Week of Easter we reflect on the “Bread of Life Discourse” in the Gospels at Mass. This morning I was praying with John 6:60-69 and was stopped…
Paring Down the Monster
“Okay guys, this is Cheryl and Monster” – Greg “Monster? Is that my pack?” – Cheryl In the 2014 movie, “Wild”, Reese Witherspoon dons a massive backpack for her role as Cheryl Strayed, a broken, 20-something who leaves the world behind for over 3 months to hike the Pacific Coast Trail (the PCT) . Alone….



