“Be Who You Are...”
Thank you St. Francis de Sales, for giving me permission to be myself!
September 13, 2026
“Be who you are and be that well” is a quote attributed to the founder of my former religious community, St. Francis de Sales. What a relief to hear such words! While striving to better oneself is good, it is also encouraging to know that God wants us to not take ourselves too seriously. He does not want me to be something I’m not. There was a point in my anxious life where I was intimidated by th...
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Praising God At All Times
Unceasing praise resounds, in good times and in bad.
September 6, 2026
“And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.” (Luke 1:47 NASB1995) This phrase is taken from Our Lady’s Magnificat. We can assume she is truly delighted to see her cousin Elizabeth, as it takes place in what we know in the New Testament as the Visitation. I strive to pray this whole prayer of praise to God every day, joining in her song of praise. What has been a turning point for me with this ph...
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Surrendering to God Again
A reminder to surrender through the thick and thin.
August 30, 2026
Almost a year ago, my husband and I did a video with an introduction and praying of the Surrender Novena, written by Don Dolindo Ruotolo (see below article). As I had personally shared, it took a lot of faith and stretching in trust, as I started to encounter sickness and inconveniences while praying it, through those nine days. I thought I would bring it up in this week’s article, as I remind bot...
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Some Intentional Leisure
Dancing Before the Heart of Jesus
August 22, 2026
I am relearning how to “play before the Heart of Jesus,” as I now like to put it. There is a time to rest on His Loving Heart from our labors, but I am seeing how refreshing it is also to do our own, personal joys of levity and recreation. Even while I was in the monastery, I had an ongoing love for dancing outside. Now, I pas de bourree or do petite allegro for my kids, or while working in the ki...
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Rosary Struggles
Keep the rosaries coming!
August 15, 2026
I have always “struggled” to pray the rosary. I put the word struggled in quotes (and in further words in this post) because I felt like I was not very good at it. This includes in my high school years when I wrote and directed two plays on two different Marian apparitions, with Our Lady imploring the world to pray the rosary. Especially while preparing the first one, I can recall pushing through...
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