Merry Christmas and Happy New Year’s Eve! 2023 was a wild year, with some of the best and worst moments of my life wrapped into 365 days. It’s led to a change in the way I see writing and evangelization, and that’s still a change I’m working through and discerning. But one of the majorContinue reading “2023 in Literary Review”
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After the Angel
“Then the angel departed from her.” God’s descent to earth and Mary’s vocation as the God-bearer are announced and brought to completion in a conversation that probably took less time than a decade of the Rosary. As soon as Mary speaks her Fiat, the angel departs. There is no more need for words, for theContinue reading “After the Angel”
Advent in May: Rediscovering Galilee
“The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered them.” This first sentence from today’s Gospel on the Feast of the Ascension serves as a bookend to the Easter pilgrimage we began seven weeks ago. The Gospel for the Easter Vigil recounts the first words of the Resurrected Christ: “DoContinue reading “Advent in May: Rediscovering Galilee”
The Writer’s Vocation
Dear reader! Happy…new year? Spring? Summer break? Needless to say, it’s been a while. I don’t usually feel butterflies when hitting the “Write” button on this blog. But it’s been a long time since I even had the desire to hit that button. I just got back to Indianapolis after spending a semester in RomeContinue reading “The Writer’s Vocation”
2022 in Literary Review
Merry Christmas, dear reader. Before today’s post, please join me in praying for the repose of the soul of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. In the Office of Readings for Christmas day, Pope St. Leo the Great exhorts, “Sadness should have no place on the birthday of life.” Let’s rejoice in the gift that Benedict isContinue reading “2022 in Literary Review”
Odd Mercy’s Manger
“…my disbelief made no difference to You. You took it into Your love and accepted it like an offering, and tonight the rain soaked through my coat and my clothes and into my skin, and I shivered with the cold, and it was for the first time as though I nearly loved You. I walkedContinue reading “Odd Mercy’s Manger”
For the Love of Drooping Hands
Well, as of my college move-in today, I will officially become a sophomore, also known as a wise fool! Although yesterday I started quoting Monsters Inc. in a restaurant and laughed too hard at myself for anyone to understand what I was saying, so let’s just say that I’ve been ready to possess an insultingContinue reading “For the Love of Drooping Hands”
Apocalyptic Beauty
Not to sound like the classical homeschool family we are, but my mom and I were recently griping about the lies and objectification within some modern music. Don’t get us wrong, she’s a diehard U2 fan and I rediscovered my love for Mumford and Sons over the summer; it’s not like we only listen toContinue reading “Apocalyptic Beauty”
The August Ecce
May is Mary’s Month, and I Muse at that and wonder why Perhaps in imitation of these opening lines from Hopkins’ The May Magnificat, one could write: August paints her bleeding heart, And I long to know her art Obviously that plagiarist is embarrassing herself a bit. But she still thinks it’s important to museContinue reading “The August Ecce”
Goodnight, Fools
Happy Sunday! Sorry that this post is a little later than usual. It’s been a crazy week, a crazier weekend, and honestly, writer’s block has been hitting harder than usual over the last few weeks. But I think it’s providential that this post is late. Today’s Gospel is about the evening of our lives, andContinue reading “Goodnight, Fools”
Living Full Throttle 