Advent is my favorite liturgical season. It feels like we have a secret, with our pink and purple candles and barren home while Christmas decorations pop up all around us. Advent is a reminder to be holy, set apart, from the commercialization and secularization of the birth of the King of Kings. This advent started…
Category: Spiritual Journey
The Spiritual Journey is the path to knowing God more and more, and thinking/acting toward ourselves and our world with that knowledge. These resources provide detail into specifics on my Spiritual Journey.
Set apart as saints-to-be
Holy means to be set apart, not to be perfect I remind myself of this as I sit outside with my tantrumming toddler 3 minutes into All Saints Day Mass, which has started right before his bedtime typically commences. I remind the saints on their great holy day to not rest but instead pray for…
Throwing a tantrum with God
A priest shared some advice he received during his discernment: choose the vocation that will most lead you to holiness. While I wouldn’t have articulated that exact reason to my calling at the time, marriage has definitely been an experience that has grown me in holiness, has grown me in putting the needs of others…