humility

  • The Problem with Humility

    It’s the hardest lesson to teach, and it’s the one I just can’t seem to get right… but teach it I must. After five years, I’m rereading Kristin Lavransdatter, and I still wanna smack her and hug her all at… Continue reading

    The Problem with Humility

  • How to Trust Like Mary

    Tradition holds that Mary was in the midst of prayer when the Archangel Gabriel came with his message. At that moment, her mind, her soul, her heart, her very body, was prepared to receive. “Hail, full of grace,” he greeted… Continue reading

  • Know Thyself

    Image: Tim Wright If there’s any piece of advice I’m taking myself this year and giving to others, it would be this: know thyself. When we’re in our teens, we’re still figuring out our identity and our purpose in life. As… Continue reading

  • Consecration to Jesus Through Mary: A Rite of Passage

    My mom has been a Marian devotee since she was a little girl. She would stand in front of the Mary statue at Church and mutter made-up prayers because she didn’t know any “official” ones. She was so enamored with… Continue reading

  • Be Humble, Specific, Persevering: Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer

    It’s been difficult to write the past week or so. Three kids have gotten sick so far, and I’m starting to feel the beginnings of a bad cold/cough. Not a bad ending to Lent at all. 🙂 I finished the… Continue reading

  • Be Concerned: Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer

    I don’t have a much of a reflection today. I’m not even going to quote from the book. There’s a lot on my mind. My daughter’s health. Actually, everyone’s health… but I’m not going to detail here. Just, I guess… Continue reading

  • Humility and a Shared Vision: Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer

    Continuing to read Fr. Thomas Dubay’s Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer. Pages The second main root of conflict is seldom even noticed in our day. It is called illuminism. – emphasis mine I like to call this form of the aberration… Continue reading

  • Litany of Humility

    O Jesus! meek and humble of heart, Hear me. From the desire of being esteemed… Deliver me, Jesus. From the desire of being loved… From the desire of being extolled … From the desire of being honored … From the… Continue reading