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“Love is Trinity”
I loved all three readings at Mass yesterday, on the Feast of the Holy Trinity, and while I was reflecting on them before Mass began, I realized how they could all relate to my vocation of being a...
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“A Strong Marriage rarely has two strong people at the same time…”
What makes up a strong marriage? What is required of one or both spouses for a marriage to be strong? I like how Ashley Willis put it when she said, “A strong marriage rarely has two strong people at...
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My Small, Everyday Offering
Last week, we heard in the Sunday readings who God is — what He’s like. He’s, “a merciful and gracious God,slow to anger and rich in kindness and fidelity.” This Sunday, we heard what He does: He...
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A Challenge to Evangelize
I took away a few things from the readings at Mass today: 1) A challenge to evangelize. “What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.” 2)...
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The Importance of Memory & How it Allows Us to Dwell in Love
A few weeks ago, Pope Francis said that remembrance — memory — is an essential part of our faith. On the feast of the Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ, he said, “Memory is important, because it...
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Jesus’ Greatest Unrecorded Suffering, And Some of Mine
You know what feels like one of the worst things to admit? That sometimes I don’t feel like praying the daily novena prayer… (I know, I know, it’s ridiculous — I run Pray More Novenas!) There are...
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How I Pay Half the Price for Clothes I Like
There are a lot of things starting with an “N” going on soon… Next week is NFP-week! Did you know? It’s a big deal around here, so I’m currently working on a post with the best info around on NFP that...
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NFP Week & Humanae Vitae
It’s a big week and I have a lot to share with you! This week is NFP Week — Natural Family Planning Awareness Week! And you know this is a big deal around here! So is this: Wednesday is the Feast Day...
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What’s Your “Why?”
Earlier this week, I shared some resources for NFP-week. A lot of them had to do with the Church’s teachings on NFP, married love, and contraception. In that post, I included one of my earlier blog...
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Saying, “No” to One Thing Means We Get to Say, “Yes” to Another
As we start a new week, I’m thinking a little bit about what I’m going to say, “Yes” to this week, and what I’m going to say, “No” to… Over the weekend, my husband & I heard a talk from Fr. Chase...
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A Sliver of Light & Understanding: How My Pain Can Serve A Purpose
People need compassion. And I believe, solidarity. To know they are not walking alone. To know someone has been there before, and will join them on this walk right now. There are so many times when...
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Our five years: when love is no longer blind, and I love him more
Our fifth wedding anniversary is coming up, and I am beyond excited to celebrate it. All anniversaries call for celebration — sure, and I even believe that we should celebrate the little things in our...
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Five Things I’ve Learned Through Five Years of Marriage
My husband & I are celebrating our fifth wedding anniversary this week (on the 8th!), so I thought this was the most appropriate post to commemorate the date 5 Things I’ve Learned Through 5 Years...
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Envy & The Catholic Wife
Our priest spoke about envy in his homily yesterday. He said he suffers with it from time to time. And the truth is, so do I. It’s such an ugly thing to admit. It’s embarrassing. And, it’s...
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A woman who kept praying even when it seemed useless
When I was visiting my parents over the weekend, we were flipping through old family photos, and I found a report I wrote on St. Anne — the first paper I wrote about her, when I was in the fourth...
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My Mass Takeaway & My Sunday Best
I’d like to talk about Sunday’s second reading for a minute… The line that gets all the love all the time (and for good reason) is: “I can do all things in him who strengthens me.” Yes. (Yes!) But I...
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Preparing for Jesus’ Birth
I’ve been living in a seemingly perpetual-Advent the past few weeks because I’ve been working on The Pray More Advent Retreat (more on that in another post). And you know what? I love it. I love...
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Catholic Wife Gift Guide
Gift-giving is one of my love languages, so I put together this list of gifts I’d give to someone I love in case you needed some ideas for the people you love… Let’s start with this post from the...
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This Advent, “Let Love Be Your Order”
Hi, friends! I’m thrilled to share with you this preview of our upcoming Pray More Advent Retreat! It’s an online, self-paced retreat that I produced that you can participate in wherever you are...
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These 40 Days: “Learning, Loving, Offering”
Here are a few reads I’ve been loving this Lent… 1. “We must never seek to leave the foot of the Cross sooner than God would have us do… These forty days are golden days — days to ponder and pray and...
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