"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." 1...

Text from the Phos Hilaron as prayed by the Sisters of the Order of Saint Helena: "O gracious Light, pure brightness of the everliving...

I've been reflecting the last couple of days on my Word of the Year. As you know, I chose the word abundance. Well, that's not entirely...

The evenings are the worst. It seems the culmination of the day presses in on my heart and mind, and I can’t seem to shake that weight....

They say God is Love. Yet I don’t feel God in my life. So what does that say about the presence of Love in my life? So often I have...

“Come, Lord Jesus.” So often I pray this when all other words fail me. When the world seems dark and full of chaos, I find that these...

I've found myself, not for the first time, looking over and reflecting on 2 Samuel 18 and the story of Absalom and King David. Absalom...

How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I bear pain in my soul and have...

This year's Lenten season is one that seems to be heavier than most. I have a lot going on personally, but the world at large also feels...

And they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about,...

A large crowd followed and pressed around [Jesus]. And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. She had...

“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands...

John 15:9-17 As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love,...

May the Suffering Christ be present to you in a tangible way as we long for Resurrection.

"Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee! E'en though it be a cross that raiseth me." Those lines give me chills almost every time I hear...

I've been thinking through the nature of the Advent season. Maybe that's due to the fact that I'm living in a convent and am enjoying the...

I will cry aloud to God; I cry aloud to the One who will hear me. In the day of my trouble I sought after God; my hands were stretched...

"Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten in God’s sight. But even the hairs of your head are all...

Silence is a concept that we understand only because we understand what it is not. Silence, at its most fundamental level, is an absence...

This is the post I've most struggled with most so far in this October Writing Series. As you may know, I found these topics and prompts...