Holiness

  • Is Your Calling Camouflaged in Weirdness?

    Is Your Calling Camouflaged in Weirdness?

    Sometimes the Saints discourage me. It’s not like they’re not doing it on purpose. It’s just that the more I learn about people like St. Francis and St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Teresa of Calcutta, the more I see how far I have to go in my own quest to join their ranks. But then…

  • Nothing Ordinary About Ordinary Time

    Nothing Ordinary About Ordinary Time

    Easter is over. Lent is long gone. Here we are, back in Ordinary Time.  I’ve been thinking about ordinariness lately.* In this age of blockbusters and viral sensations, we don’t hold being ordinary in high esteem. Even in our spiritual lives, it’s easy to think that seasons like Lent and Advent are where we make…