Genius of the Call

Ever feel unmotivated in your motherhood?  Like your life is just an endless, half-finished “to do” list?  Do you ever have days where it feels hard to get excited about the day-to-day tasks of being a mom? You’re not alone!  The good news is that you don’t have to feel stuck either. The new year …READ MORE

Today marks the beginning of a new year, and as always, the Church rings in the new year by celebrating Our Blessed Mother. It is appropriate and poetic on multiple levels. As a mother, Mary represents life and new beginnings. Her “yes” to the Lord is the only reason we have the hope of salvation. …READ MORE

My children love playing dress-up and are in costume of some sort more often than not. I have taken a lion to the dentist, a cheetah to the park, Elsa to the grocery store, Mother Mary to the beach. A four-year-old police officer spent Christmas afternoon arresting her uncles. I don’t begrudge their constant imaginary …READ MORE

Right in the midst of all our Christmas rejoicing, the Church almost seems in a hurry to remind us that we’re not quite out of the “valley of tears” yet. Just as our mourning is always tempered with rejoicing— after all, Christ is already victorious—so also today our rejoicing is tinged with sadness. The Church …READ MORE

Some days you don’t feel the joy, and your motherhood doesn’t feel like a blessing. Some days you don’t feel like praying, and you don’t feel God speaking or moving in your life.  That’s okay.  God knows those days will come, and he knows how thankful you are for your motherhood, even when you don’t feel …READ MORE

There was once an ardent atheist of Jewish heritage who was challenged by an acquaintance to wear the miraculous medal for a month and to say the Memorare twice each day. Being a religious skeptic, the atheist initially scoffed at the challenge, but then accepted it in order to prove how little it would matter.  …READ MORE