Seeing Like Jesus
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We can see like Jesus by knowing him. How can we see as he does if we do not spend time with him?
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Quiet Lives
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My reflection for Ignatian Spirituality on how extraordinary it is to live a quiet live of love and peace.
Read MoreA Gentle Saint: St. Peter Faber
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Inspired by Jon M Sweeney’s new book, Peter Faber: A Saint for Turbulent Times, my reflection on Peter Faber, a gentle saint for Loyola Press
Read MorePrayers Before Zoom School
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My children, like so many in COVID times, are in Zoom school. Each morning we take our laptops to separate parts of the house to work, but before that we have what I like to call “Casa G Academy Morning Assembly.”
We meet in the living room 10 minutes before their school check-in. I make a few announcements like, We have online violin lessons later in the day, or, We need to eat the bananas before they go bad, or, Please, if you love your mother, spend a few minutes on the puzzle today, because I’m really getting tired of looking at it on the dining room table.
Read MoreJohn Singleton Copley's The Ascension
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I was asked to make a video reflection on John Singleton Copley’s painting The Ascension for Loyola Press’s Waiting for the Spirit retreat.
Read MoreBlessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church
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The first time Mary became part of my faith, I was a sleep-deprived new mother. I hadn’t grown up Catholic and converted just a year before my son joined our family. As I nursed him in a darkened room, in the middle of the night, I realized that Mary had fed Jesus just like this. I found this comforting as I looked down at my son, his long eyelashes wet with tears from calling to me in the dark, and prayed that he too would know her Son.
Read MoreSharing the Love on Valentine’s Day
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On the first Valentine’s Day I spent with my husband after we were married, he handed me a small package wrapped in pink tissue paper, tied with a white bow. I pulled the ribbon and gently peeled back the paper to find two different types of vegetable peelers.
Read MoreOur Happy Jar and a New Year's Fresh Start
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“A few years ago, when my elder son was newly able to write his name and a few other scribblings of words, my family started a tradition called “Our Happy Jar.” I cleaned out a large Mason jar and filled it with colorful scraps of paper. “
Read MoreFamily Thanksgiving Rituals
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Read how families can create sacred moments at Thanksgiving. Read my article for Loyola Press here.
Read MoreWaving to a Stranger
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Do you wave to strangers? I do!
Well, not all the time.
Read about an experience I had while in Sabbatical in Italy over at Ignatian Spirituality.
Read MorePope Francis' Book: Sharing the Wisdom of Time
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I am thrilled to announce that I have a story in POPE FRANCIS’s new book SHARING THE WISDOM OF TIME!
Read MoreCreating Space for Silence
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Creating space for silence with my children and learning that maybe silence isn't so scary.
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