Flights of Lunacy

Sorry for the radio silence the past two weeks. I was in the process of packing to move, and then moving/unpacking (which is still going on....

This morning, I mowed my parent's lawn. It's something I hadn't done since high school (or possibly during breaks in college, so...

I don't know about you, but my prayer is rarely as focused as it needs to be. It became especially obvious as I sat in Adoration this m...

Can you imagine being 14 or 15, and suddenly having an angel appear before you? Not only that, but then the angel says you're going to h...

Everything, and I do mean everything, I read about our new pontiff, Pope Francis (it's neat just to type it! I'm so, so incredibly g...

Dear Anne at 25: Hi there. Don't be shocked to receive a letter from yourself nearly 10 years in the future (I turn 35 Wednesday). My ...

Today I was going to write about Lent. About what I'm giving up (going out for lunches during the week. I've been spending too much ...

Scattered thoughts this morning about love and perseverance, surrender and seeking God, after yesterday's second reading (1 Corinthians ...

I don't always make it to daily Mass. But I do try every day to set aside about 20 minutes of my morning for prayer and the daily Mass r...

Yesterday's gospel reading recounted the Wedding Feast at Cana, site of Christ's first public miracle and the beginning of his path ...

For Christmas, my mother gave me a daily devotional book entitled "Jesus Calling" by Sarah Young. It was a book my mom had found p...

Welcome to the late (really late!) Thursday edition of Monday Musings. Forgive me for not posting earlier this week, but I was traveling, wi...

I think we all make New Year's resolutions. Whether or not we keep them, well that's another story. Last year around this time, I ...

So as I sit here in my pjs on the couch, watching Goonies (The Avengers is next!) with a chilled glass of Moscato and a vanilla rum cupcake ...

A lot of people in the world of Catholic blogging have been writing about the horrible tragedy last week in Newtown, Connecticut, along with...

Recently my friend David, who blogs over at restlesspilgrim.net , posted about things that make him happy, writing "What are the things...

We're lucky, as Catholics, to have two New Year's celebrations -- January first, like everyone else -- and our liturgical new year, ...

When I graduated from college, I earned a degree in English/Creative Writing and minors in business and Spanish. But if I had college to do ...

My roommate and I have gotten into the habit of sticking invitations we receive on our refrigerator and then taking them down as the events ...

I've just started reading St. Augustine's Confessions, and although I'm not very far into it (four pages. I did say not very :) ...