Bedrock

Remember to stay posted for the upcoming Grateful Blessed Mess Podcast! Listen to the sneak peak here! …. Now back to the blog. Have you ever been going through a painful time in your life, but for the life of you, you cannot figure out why? How you got here or why this particular thing

Beat My Heart

“If you are suffering from a bad man’s injustice, forgive him – lest there be two bad men.” St. Augustine Hey you, over there You who cowers in their lair Incapable of care I hate the face you wear. It gives no single thought Muted, adds to my distraught A stone cannot be shown or

Fiat

“He that sacrifices to God his property by alms-deeds, his honor by bearing insults, or his body by mortifications, by fasts and penitential rigours, offers to Him a part of himself and of what belongs to him; but he that sacrifices to God his will, by obedience, gives to Him all that he has, and

The Beautiful Back and Forth

There is something about breath that is extremely spiritual. Breath means life. Breath means hope… I think it is so interesting that breathing happens all on its own and yet it is something we can also choose to control. It is in how we do this that we can use it well or use it

Humility – The Soil of the Interior Life

I’ve been trying to write about humility for a few days now and I keep getting stuck. With the start of this virtue series, I determined (probably in response to a Holy Spirit nudge) Humility to be the best place to start because without it, there is no spiritual life…but I’ve had a hard time