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The False Gods of American Politics

June 20, 2020 By Haley 53 Comments

“I’ve been uncomfortable speaking out against racism because it sounds like something a liberal would say.” “I’m struggling to reconcile my pro-life beliefs with ‘conservative’ policies that that deny the dignity of immigrants and the poor.”  “I’m politically homeless because I think that the lives of unborn babies and black and brown people should be protected.” “I love the beauty … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Catholicism, Culture Tagged With: Catholicism, politics, religion

Goodnight, Notre Dame. Easter Morning Is Still Coming.

April 15, 2019 By Haley 18 Comments

The baby is napping and I am sitting here just sobbing my heart out over the fire engulfing the beautiful 850-year-old cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris. As a Catholic, as a medievalist, as a lover of beauty and history, I am absolutely wrecked. I have always wanted to visit Europe to see the cathedrals. The reality that I will never see the architectural masterpiece of Notre Dame is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Faith & Liturgical Living Tagged With: Catholicism, church, kristin lavransdatter, notre dame burning, notre-dame de paris

Liturgical Living at a Glance: April 2019 (Holy Week Resources and More!)

April 3, 2019 By Haley 1 Comment

Activities, Recipes, Books, and more for Holy Week, Eastertide, and April Saints Days!

I’m always trying to figure out how to make it easier for families to observe the Christian Year because we felt so overwhelmed when we first started that journey (which is why we wrote the book we wish we had then).  I thought it might be helpful for our family to have resources compiled for the month ahead so that we can plan in advance which special saints days we want to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Catholicism, Christian Year, Easter, Faith & Liturgical Living, Good Friday, Lent Tagged With: Catholicism, christian year, easter, Good Friday, Holy Thursday, holy week, liturgical living at a, liturgical year, palm sunday

When Your Weary Heart Needs Advent

November 26, 2018 By Haley 15 Comments

I’m sitting here bouncing a sick baby to sleep for a much needed nap between two coughing kids on the couch while another sick kid sits on the floor with a puke bucket and we all watch another episode of some stupid Netflix show between breathing treatments and baths. And I am weary. Three weekends in the past month have featured sick children (who kindly shared their afflictions with me). Sore … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advent, Faith & Liturgical Living Tagged With: advent, Catholicism, liturgical year, weary

The Church, My Mother

August 28, 2018 By Haley 16 Comments

The Church, My Mother

When my husband and I were received into the Catholic Church it was 2009. The news of the sexual abuse scandals and cover ups had broken in 2002 when we were in high school. We knew before converting that the Church was full of sinners and that what makes it holy is not the behavior of its priests and bishops. We entered the Church with eyes wide open. But that doesn’t make the recent … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Catholicism, Faith & Liturgical Living Tagged With: abuse scandals, Catholicism, mary, our lady of sorrow, the church

What Can *WE* Do About the Abuse Crisis?

August 17, 2018 By Haley 33 Comments

I have several drafts of blog posts in the pipeline but I just couldn't publish any of them until speaking to the horrible clerical abuse in the PA grand jury report. I am heartbroken by it. I am sickened by it. It doesn't help to dismiss these crimes by pointing out that this doesn't just happen in the Catholic Church. That doesn't make it less awful. It doesn't help to note that most of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Catholicism, Faith & Liturgical Living Tagged With: Catholicism, clerical abuse crisis

Mystery and Motherhood: Is This Not Where Love Dwells?

July 3, 2018 By Haley 16 Comments

Mystery and Motherhood: Is This Not Where Love Dwells?

The thought has crossed my mind lately that while I love the idea of pregnancy, the practical aspects feel nightmarish right now. At 36 weeks pregnant with my fourth baby, all the pregnancy discomforts are here in full force: the aches, extreme fatigue, pressure, acid reflux, feeling that I can’t take a real breath because baby is pushing up against my lungs, lightheadedness in the July Texas … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Catholicism, Faith & Liturgical Living, Family & Homesteading, Motherhood, Pregnancy Tagged With: Catholicism, faith, flannery o'connor, God, hyperemesis gravidarum, Motherhood, mystery and manners, pregnancy

This Is My Body, Broken for You

April 12, 2018 By Haley 9 Comments

I was staring up at the crucifix during Mass. I was too sick to kneel, so I was just sitting in the pew while everyone knelt around me. I was desperately trying not to throw up, the pregnancy nausea coming in waves, impossible to ignore. It was my first Mass in a month. I had been too sick with hyperemesis gravidarum to leave the house for weeks. The previous week I had tried to get out of bed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Baby, Catholicism, Children, Motherhood, Pregnancy Tagged With: Catholicism, faith, HG pregnancy, Motherhood, pregnancy

“Ugh. Why don’t people leave their kids in the nursery!”

June 8, 2017 By Haley 63 Comments

"Ugh. Why don't people take kids to the nursery!"

It finally happened. After years of encountering only lovely folks in Mass we finally got a negative comment about our kids. And it wasn't even about our kids behavior, just that they were THERE. We sat down in the pew and the woman behind us immediately said (loudly) "Ugh. Why don't people leave their kids in the nursery!" Boy, nothing gives a great start to Mass like knowing the person behind … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Faith & Liturgical Living Tagged With: Catholicism, Christianity, kids in Church, kids in Mass, sunday mass

Stained Glass Isn’t Irrelevant (Or, Why the Beauty of the Church Matters)

February 7, 2017 By Haley 34 Comments

The Beauty of the Church Matters

I've been thinking lately about what drew us to the Catholic Church. Long before I believed that the Church was true, I had fallen in love with it's beauty. The art, the music, the architecture, the prayers, the liturgy, the traditions. It is all so rich, so beautiful. It's beauty drew me, it's truth convinced me, and it's goodness began flowing into our lives. The True, the Good, and the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Catholicism, Faith & Liturgical Living Tagged With: architecture, beauty, Catholicism, liturgy, transcendence

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