“But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful” (Luke 6:35-36). I was meditating …READ MORE
Genius of the Call
Motherhood and Your Prayer Life: A Series of Four Posts
Motherhood alters nearly every area of our lives. We sleep less, our meals are often cold, our time is not our own, not to mention our bodies. But our prayer lives often become completely unrecognizable. We are going to spend the next four weeks considering some ways we can actively include prayer in our daily …READ MORE
Sacrificial Abundance: Part One
Meagan Barras, with her husband Cody, is expecting her first child in the heat of the summer! She shares her personal account with us today of how she has pursued her faith and come to understand the genius of the Catholic faith in dynamic ways through this season of change, sacrifice, and expectancy. She and …READ MORE
Joy is the Flag
July in Texas is marked by backyard bar-b-ques, busy splash-parks, and flags aplenty. A car dealership near us just raised four enormous flags that can be seen for miles around, and I was taken aback the first time I caught a glimpse of the red-white-and-blue billowing large against the summer sky. A flag makes a …READ MORE
God’s Promises and Our Fiat
We have all been there. We cling to the promises of his Word, and we fall at the foot of the cross, leaving the desires of our hearts which he has promised us (Ps 37:4). We beg for the “good” that he promises will come of our anguish (Rom. 8:28), and peer through hot tears, …READ MORE
Expectant Trust Part Two
We heard from Hannah’s heart last week in Part One of her Mighty Is Her Call interview post. She will share a bit more with us today! Hannah is due any day now, and we have discussed some questions that help explore the beauty and richness that will soon unfold within this Eucharistic calling. You …READ MORE
