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Do Your Disappointments Matter to God?

By Claire Swinarski  We’ve all dealt with disappointment in life, but COVID-19 has made many of these disappointments larger, brighter, and uglier.  Postponed weddings. Canceled parties. Called-off graduation ceremonies. Exhausting work hours. Anxiety for loved ones. Flaring health issues. Constant…

A Scavenger Hunt With God

Reposted from Blessed is She I see Him in the most unlikely of places now. He appears in my peripheral vision as I pray, when a bird appears suddenly on my windowsill. My heart stirs in an unusual way when…

What we find when we lose ourselves

The Catholic Church has a long and historied relationship with art that has enriched the canon of Scripture for two millennia. In his 1999 “Letter to Artists,” Pope St. John Paul II recognized that artists do not have to work…

Letting Go for Lent

How do I let Ash Wednesday sneak up on me every year? Every Lent I promise I won’t get myself in this position again … and here it is already! How do I work through all the stress of choosing…