27 Things I’m Grateful For (and a Litany for the Suffering)

Yesterday, I was in agony as a horrible migraine followed me from the night before throughout the day. After I was unable to keep any painkillers down, I was filled with that all-too-familiar sense of fear and dread: what if I feel like this for days? What if the migraine never goes away? How willContinue reading “27 Things I’m Grateful For (and a Litany for the Suffering)”

What the Saints Teach Us (And Why Our Lives Aren’t Meant to Copy Theirs)

IG Recap: August 5th and 22nd One Saint’s Experience is Not Our Blueprint Just because a saint experienced something does not mean your experience will be the same. What do I mean by this? As Catholics striving for Heaven, we can think that our experience of a particular cross should go the same way theContinue reading “What the Saints Teach Us (And Why Our Lives Aren’t Meant to Copy Theirs)”