This Little Light of Mine
Lucy’s Latin name Lucia shares a root (luc-) with the Latin word for light, lux. Many traditions tell of Saint Lucy as the bearer of light in the darkness.
Erin Boelkens
Time for Traditions
Pause for a minute to think about your traditions. What are your family traditions?
Sedlec Ossuary
Whether you find it beautiful, creepy, or maybe a bit of both, the Sedlec Ossuary, also known as the “Bone Church” would be a fascinating place to visit.
Our Crucifix
Six moves and many years later that crucifix still hangs in a prominent place in our home, as it has since its arrival from Santa Fe.
St. Maximilian Kolbe: 16670
While imprisoned at Auschwitz (prisoner number 16670), he volunteered to take the place of a man who was selected for punishment of death by starvation due to an escaped prisoner.
True Freedom: Trust in God
This total surrender, this voluntary handing over of control (or what we perceive as control) is what God asks of us.
On the Rocks
There are images that are forever imprinted on our minds. Images, so powerful, so moving that they stay with us, as fresh as the day we experienced them. St. Augustine said that “the power of a memory is prodigious”. When I read that statement, it stuck with me. I have spent time thinking about how … Read more
10 More Minutes
For all the destruction it has caused, all the fear, anxiety, loneliness, and frustration brought on by the quarantining and social distancing as a result of COVID-19, I have also been given a gift.
Companions in Sin
As I sit here reading Saint Augustine’s Confessions (on repeat, as it is food for my soul) a particular phrase jumps out at me. “…the thrill of having partners in sin.”