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The Marriage of All & Nothing

Jun 14, 2022 by Cheryl Hadley

Recently I heard two young women chatting in line at the grocery store about marriage. They debated the advantages and disadvantages, pondering whether it was responsible to bri … Read more

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6 Gifts of the Ascension of the Lord

May 26, 2022 by Cheryl Hadley

For believers, Easter is a season of rejoicing, renewal, and reflection upon how greatly we are loved! For forty days after the Resurrection, the Lord appeared to the Apost … Read more

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Motherhood Rooted in Joy & Gratitude

May 06, 2022 by Cheryl Hadley

Scripture speaks of motherhood as a high and important calling. In fact, God uses the metaphor of motherhood to describe the ways in which He loves and cares for His children. Not … Read more

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Praying the Via Lucis (Way of Light) during the Easter Season

Apr 21, 2022 by Cheryl Hadley

The Via Lucis, or the "Way of Light" in Latin, is a Catholic devotion also known as the Stations of the Resurrection. In these Stations, we meditate on Christ's Resurrecti … Read more

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Surrendering Our Will To God Is Our Greatest Expression of Love - A Reflection For Holy Week

Apr 11, 2022 by Whitney Hetzel

A condition of complete simplicity(Costing not less than everything)...-“Four Quartets” T.S. EliotI recently accompanied my mom to the funeral of a friend of hers, an elderly man I … Read more

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Lessons from the Pool of Bethesda - Do You Want To Be Well?

Apr 08, 2022 by Cheryl Hadley

Have you ever noticed that in order to persevere joyfully and not feel depleted during certain seasons of life, you need a very specific spiritual focus? This is such a time for me … Read more

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The Scrutinies - What They Are and Why They Are Important

Apr 01, 2022 by Cheryl Hadley

If you are a cradle Catholic sitting in the pew during the third, fourth, and fifth Sunday of Lent, and RCIA members join you at mass, you are present for "the Scrutinies", whether … Read more

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We Have Been Invited To The Desert This Lent: Are We Answering The Call?

Mar 21, 2022 by Whitney Hetzel

“We are in the desert because we have been invited there.” —Fr. Jeffrey Kirby, A Holy Lent Good Catholic Series My brother-in-law died a few weeks ago, rather suddenly. … Read more

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The Plank in My Eye - A Meditation for Living a Deliberate Lent

Mar 09, 2022 by Cheryl Hadley

The season of Lent is upon us, and yet it seems like just weeks ago that I packed away our Christmas decorations! Each year I move through the anticipation of Advent, to the … Read more

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St. Anne Line, English Martyr & Protector of Priests and Seminarians

Feb 25, 2022 by Cheryl Hadley

St. Anne Line was born Alice Higham, eldest daughter of a well-off Puritan landowner whose father was a reformer for King Henry VIII of England. She converted to Catholicism in her … Read more

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I Am the Moment - A Meditation on the Eucharist & the Feast of the Presentation

Feb 01, 2022 by Cheryl Hadley

Recently at mass I was praying while waiting to receive Our Lord in the Eucharist. Meditating on the crises in our nation and our world, and the sufferings of the children of God w … Read more

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New Year’s Lessons from the Three Wise Men of the Epiphany

Jan 05, 2022 by Cheryl Hadley

Every year during the Advent and Christmas seasons, we are invited to seek Jesus anew, just as the Wise Men of old sought and found the Infant Christ. In their journey to His mange … Read more

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Prayer & inspiration Articles

The Marriage of All & Nothing

6 Gifts of the Ascension of the Lord

Motherhood Rooted in Joy & Gratitude

Praying the Via Lucis (Way of Light) during the Easter Season

Surrendering Our Will To God Is Our Greatest Expression of Love - A Reflection For Holy Week

Lessons from the Pool of Bethesda - Do You Want To Be Well?

The Scrutinies - What They Are and Why They Are Important

We Have Been Invited To The Desert This Lent: Are We Answering The Call?

The Plank in My Eye - A Meditation for Living a Deliberate Lent

St. Anne Line, English Martyr & Protector of Priests and Seminarians

I Am the Moment - A Meditation on the Eucharist & the Feast of the Presentation

New Year’s Lessons from the Three Wise Men of the Epiphany