Sacrificing Sacrifice
Sacrificing sacrifice. At first it sounds like a contradiction. After all, if a person who, having resolved to give up sweets for Lent, justifies eating a bowl of ice cream by saying that she is offering up the sacrifice of not avoiding desserts, it sounds silly. It...
Melting
The first signs of spring have finally arrived and people are getting excited. In the Northern regions it is warmer and the snow is melting. We can see the ground again! But yet, it's a rather ugly time if you really think about it. For those of you who don't live in...
No More Excuses!
Often when I'm examining my faults, I will let the train of thought take me to the town called "Maybe That's Why I was Called to Leave the Convent." And before I know it, I'm recalling instances like that one worldly conversation I had with a sister; or the feeling of...
A New “Fiat”
"Take, O Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will. Whatever I have or hold Thou has given me; I restore it all to Thee, and surrender it wholly to be governed by Thy will. Give me only Thy love and Thy grace, and I am rich...
Beauty In Chaos?
Since leaving the convent I’ve had the privilege of living with my brother, his wife and their three children. It has been amazing for many reasons. As you would imagine, the convent life is well-ordered and you have a sense of what to expect everyday. Things did...
Things I learned in the Convent
That I Can Do In The World (To Make My Life Better) Be disciplined about time: When the bell rang, we stopped what we were doing and moved onto the next thing. It didn’t matter if you were in the middle of a great story, having an awesome prayer time, etc. It was time...
Abjection
While in the convent, my class read Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales. I had read this book a few times in my life before the convent and I was excited to read it again. If you have never read it, it is one of those books where you notice so many...
The Art of Awkward
Was it just me, or did returning from the convent leave you feeling like a turtle standing there without a shell? awk.ward (ak-werd)-Not graceful; ungainly.-Not dexterous; clumsy.-Clumsily or unskillfully performed: -Difficult to handle or manage:-Marked by or causing...
Holiness Now?
As many of you know, Pope Francis announced on July 5 that JP2 and Bl. John XXIII will soon be canonized. I recently read a biography about the life of Pope John XXIII (Angelo Roncalli). The book was filled with beautiful and interesting stories about his life. One...
I Wish For A Fish
Lately, my nephew has been working on potty training and he has had a few incentives proposed to get him going to the bathroom in the toilet. When he goes #2, he gets some ice cream. And his parents told him that if he did it multiple days in a row in the toilet, they...
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