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  • Be Where You Are – Raised Catholic episode 37

    Be Where You Are – Raised Catholic episode 37

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 37: Be Where You Are Well, hello there, friends.  Around here, we’ve hit that part of the summer when we feel some things coming to an end at the very same time that we gear up…

  • Bless You – Raised Catholic episode 21

    Bless You – Raised Catholic episode 21

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 21: Bless You Well, hey friends. Today we’re talking all about blessings – what they are, who can do it and when, the many varieties of blessings, all the things.  But before I get into any…

  • Mother Mary – Raised Catholic episode 18

    Mother Mary – Raised Catholic episode 18

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 18: Mother Mary Well, before I start today’s show, I wanted to let you know that I’ve gotten a few comments from listeners wondering how they can support this podcast. That is so kind. Well,…

  • Theology of the Red Pants

    Whenever my mother took me clothes shopping as an adult, for my birthday or Christmas, she’d watch me head straight for the neutrals and slowly shake her head.  She lifted up the versions of the sweater or the jacket that I had picked, but these were red, purple, yellow, or green and she’d implore me to just…

  • Bulb

    Bulb

    A friend dropped off a large amaryllis bulb in a pretty turquoise pot just before Christmas. As we stood masked in my driveway that day and he handed me the heavy gift bag, there’s no way he could have known the true weight and value of the gift he was giving me.  More likely, his wife,…

  • Prodigal

    Prodigal

    During Lent, we hear a lot about how God is knocking on the door of our hearts.   My husband and a few friends are on a cursillo retreat weekend as I type these words, and I know it’s a theme they’ll look at as well. God knocks, and we let him in. Seems simple enough,…

  • Small

    Small

    I met and held the teeniest, tiniest, most perfect baby today. She was so impossibly light, both in luminescence and weight that it was hard to believe I was holding a real live person; she is so small. As a Mom of college kids, it’s easy to forget. My two babies were small once, just…

  • Re-fine

    Re-fine

    A teacher I work with stopped me on my way out of class this morning and offered me a hug. “You didn’t seem yourself when you sang at church on Sunday, and I just wanted to make sure you’re okay.” The truth is, I’m not. Friends, I’ll preface this by saying it’s not the most…

  • Veil

    Veil

    My friend Deacon Jerry came to mass today and that doesn’t seem all that weird except for the fact that he died a couple of weeks ago. During the Eucharistic prayers, several of my friends who art in Heaven gather around the altar and I acknowledge them there and pray for their families and their…

  • Guadalupe

    Guadalupe

    Our Lady of Guadalupe is on the move and I’m so glad. She crossed my path around mid-December as I waited in a college chapel for my freshman daughter to be done with finals and come on home for winter break. There was a small alcove there dedicated to her, and as I read her…