Vocare: A Photo-Essay

By a Leonie's Longing reader. Photo credit: the fifth image in this sequence (the broken umbrella) is used under Creative Commons licence, CC By S-A 2.0. The owner is AshokaJegroo.

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The Release

By Mater Dolorosa. A few months back I was getting up off the floor and I felt a twinge of pain in my leg. Ugh! I guess I pulled a muscle. So for a few days I iced it and heated it and stretched it. It still hurt but I got tired of taking care of it. I figured after a...

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Help My Unbelief

By Ignatia. My God, I am Thine for time and eternity. Teach me to cast myself entirely into the arms of Thy loving providence with the most lively, unlimited confidence in Thy compassionate, tender pity. (From the Suscipe of Ven. Catherine McAuley) The night of...

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Friends Under the Same Sky

By Cecilia Therese. As I transition after leaving the convent after 10 years,the hardest thing has been to miss everyone that I had meet in the apostolate in the parishes where I worked. I was at a parish for 6 years and in that time I met families, parishioners that...

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A Little Meditation

By a cousin of an LL board member, written after she was called to leave a mission field that she loved. My precious daughter, all I want is you. I want you to know me more. I want you to trust me more. I want you to love me more. That's all I want from you....

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The Outside Matters

By Sackcloth Dreams. Recently, I was part of a discussion about theology students wearing the roman collar. One side said that seminarians shouldn't wear the collar because it confuses people and they think a guy is a priest when he is not. But the former seminarian...

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Blog Mistress Announcement: Happy New Year and #thanksconvent!

As 2015 comes to an end, I'd like to wish you all a peaceful, happy and blessed New Year, and to express my gratitude to those who have given their time and skills to the LL blog and social media this year. To those who have managed our Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and...

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