The Cross
Today is Good Friday. At 2pm, I will drive to our local Cathedral and participate in the Celebration of Our Lord’s Passion. To those unfamiliar with the Good Friday service (it is not a Mass), the day will include a reading of the Passion account from John’s Gospel, Veneration of the Cross, and then Holy
Are We Being Served Inferior Wine?
A few weeks ago, I was praying with the Scripture, John 2:1-10, the Wedding Feast at Cana. A line stood out; it struck me as if I had never read it before. Taking this as an inspiration from the Holy Spirit, I sat with the verse for quite a while. To have a better understanding
Synodality – Women’s Ordination
[This is a reflection on an article (linked below) from the National Catholic Register on #synodality.] The greatest thing a woman can do within our Catholic Church is to build a culture of vocations: Be a Holy wife & mother, Encourage vocations to the priesthood, Pray for an increase of holiness & virtue in our
Our Lady of Sorrows
As I read the Sequence (appears before the Gospel) for today’s Mass, tears welled in my eyes thinking of my own daughters. Kissing boo-boos. Rocking them to sleep when they were sick. Crying for them when I could not take their pain away. And now, praying for their salvation. Today, I join my own pierced
Designed to Trip Off
[Disclaimer: I’m most likely using the wrong terminology and even incorrect concepts, but this is how I interpreted our situation and applied it to prayer.] An explosion woke me out of a deep sleep a few weeks ago. Groggy, I wandered to the patio door to see what made the noise. I was greeted by