“After a lot of thought and it was a very hard decision, unfortunately, we have to make you redundant.” Those…

It’s a running joke that since the pandemic started, our pairs of jeans haven’t seen the light of day. In…

I wish I had always known God’s loving tenderness. I have been a Catholic all my life but it was…

If you think Saint costumes are boring, think again! Check out these gory, gruesome, and horrifying costumes that will have…

Through my three pregnancy losses, I have been absolutely blown away by my amazing community of family and friends. I…

This week on the podcast we talk about service through suffering. In the first reading Alanna connects the symbolism of…

This week on the podcast we go over the entrance into Jerusalem and the problem of suffering in our faith…

This week on the livestream Fr Ian and Alanna go down the rabbit hole of Blessings and Woes in the…

If you can lay your anxiety before your spiritual guide, or at least before some trusty and devout friend, you…

It is a little child with tears in its eyes looking up at Daddy and weeping, “Why?” This is not…

Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of grace. The gift of grace increases as…

Because there are these two periods of time – the one that now is, beset with the trials and troubles…

Suffering has done God’s work her soul, and I am filled with thanksgiving and gratitude. What mercy, what love the…

Christ Jesus, when all is darkness and we feel our weakness and helplessness, give us the sense of Your presence, Your…

[Spiritual trials] are beneficial, because they lead us to locate our identity where it truly belongs. The experience can be…

Suffering is a great grace; through suffering the soul becomes like the Savior; in suffering love becomes crystallized; the greater…