Responding To Our Suffering

How do we respond when faced with suffering? I know often times, I am quick to run to the things of the world looking for comfort though I know that I should run to God first. Why is it that we so often choose to run away from Him? Rather we seek to find happiness…

Love is Stronger than Death

Love is the Greatest Legacy I will never forget the moment when I sat in the pew at the funeral mass of my grandfather watching my uncles walk down the long aisle with his casket. I watched my family mourn at his loss. I remember adding my own tears to theirs. This was my first…

10 Truths for My Sisters Amidst a Pornography Addiction

First of all, I’m sorry. I’m sorry you have found yourself here, sucked in and lied to by our culture. But please, please believe me when I say it’s not your fault. You were just a child, a pure, innocent, curious child who didn’t know any better, and certainly wasn’t taught any better by our…

Saturdays are for the (Mama’s) Boys

Bromance. A word used comically all over the globe the past few years. A label which is used to categorize male friendships that contain an intimacy few other friendships have. “Saturdays are for the boys” is a mantra that has caught on in the past year thanks to a viral meme. I’ve been known on…

Pics Or It Didn’t Happen

Picture this: three girls, hand in hand and in mid-air just before they splash into the beautifully blue water below them…an impossibly delicious-looking waffle, topped with whipped cream and perfectly sliced strawberries, posing on a wooden table with a crisp white tablecloth, on a balcony overlooking the city at the break of dawn…a man in…

Making Choosing Life A Reality

“Choose life.” It’s a simple motto but a significant endeavor. I often see it posted on signs and hear it chanted at pro-life marches, but how does this choice play out in real life? Sometimes the choice is easy. We see excited parents-to-be posting ultrasounds on Facebook and having gender reveal parties for their tiny,…

Being Unreservedly Yourself

“Christian heroism, and indeed one perhaps sees little enough of that, is to risk unreservedly being oneself.” -Soren Kierkegaard Growing up in this culture can have a way of making us forget who we are and what we have been created for. As a kid, I was super into music, art, and being straight up…

If I Respect Myself, Why Does Modesty Matter?

When I hear this question I immediately think of my past self that too had this same question. This only became more prevalent when I started working out and noticed how much my hard work was paying off. I know some girls can relate that while getting dressed we can many times really notice and…