I saw this last night on a friend's Facebook page (Thanks, Flo) and had to share. It's another one of those things that just hit home. It reminded me of the ...
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Today's Wisdom Wednesday is brought to you by Thomas Merton:
“At the center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by sin and by illusion, ...
Last week, after our date-night dinner, Dennis and I stood on the Albany side of the Hudson looking out and, as I usually do, I pointed to a beautiful steeple ...
I don't like fake things. Never have. I guess that's why ever since I started regularly coloring my hair a little more than a year or so ago (before that I ...
My "Soul Seeing" column, running in the current issue of the National Catholic Reporter:
If you look around my office prayer space or on my bedroom dresser, ...
So yesterday's post was pretty heavy, I guess, and I was reflecting on it as I went about my day and thinking about the depths of the darkness. And I realized ...
As we head into another new year and people everywhere jump on the diet and fitness resolution bandwagon, I thought I'd rewind to last year at this time when ...
I was searching for something in my digital files and came across this column from January 2012. It seemed to ring true all over again, although, to be honest, ...
Ever since I first came in contact with the writings of Thomas Merton about 28 years ago, he has spoken to me. I know I'm not alone there. Countless people of ...
All of my regular readers here at NSS know that honesty is the name of the game. I always try to tell you the truth, even when it's not easy or pretty. You've ...
My September Life Lines column, running in the current issue of Catholic New York:
Someone saw a photo of me with my son, Noah, on Facebook recently and told ...
"It’s braver to be Clark Kent than it is to be Superman." That's the heart of this amazing talk by Glennon Doyle Melton, author of Carry on Warrior: Thoughts on ...
I find this whole midlife, midcentury thing to be more interesting than I originally expected when I hit the big 5-0 last fall. What I'm finding is that it's ...
Here's what Alex Blackwell of The BridgeMaker had to say about Cravings:
"In revealing this personal journey, Mary creates a safe space where readers can begin ...
Here is the YouTube recording of "What Are You Craving in 2013? Five Ways to Restore Sanity and Serenity to Your Relationship With Food," a webinar I gave on ...
I almost didn't go to yoga class this morning. I was awake at 5 a.m. but my body felt worn out, more so than usual. I wanted to "sleep in" until 6:15, except I ...
For much of my younger adult life, I was waiting -- hoping -- for the day when I would feel wise. Some people said when they hit 40 they finally felt ...
Tomorrow is a big day, at least in my world. It's the kick-off of my 15-day blog tour for my newest book from Ave Maria Press: Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles ...
"Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly." -- St. Francis de Sales
When I look at the magnificence of the delicate monarch ...
The deacon who preached the homily at Mass this weekend used a story told by the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin to make his point. It was the story of a prophet ...