by Claire Dwyer | Nov 4, 2024 | Let Yourself Be Loved, Litany, prayer, Saints, Vocation
“My dad teetered on the ladder, balancing both a paint can and a Baltimore Catechism. ‘Why did God make you?’ He hollered down, quizzing me as I sat cross-legged on the grass underneath. “‘To know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world, and to...
by Claire Dwyer | Oct 20, 2024 | Dryness, prayer, Spiritual Direction, spirituality
Re-reading the Diary of St. Faustina recently had me experiencing a bit of spiritual whiplash. She describes ravishing joy: “His presence penetrates me to my very depths and fills me with peace, joy, and amazement, After such moments of prayer, I am filled with...
by Claire Dwyer | Apr 25, 2024 | Discernment, Everyday Holiness, Present Moment, The Sacred Everyday
My friend and I were supposed to be strategizing, but we found ourselves commiserating. Working wives and moms of many, we had, in the past, diligently organized our little blocks of time. On paper, everything lined up in tiny, tidy squares. A time for this, a time...
by Claire Dwyer | Jan 21, 2024 | parenthood, prayer
“Mom, I never see you eat.” My teenager leaned against the kitchen table and looked at me with concern. I tried to laugh it off. After all, the extra 15 pounds I was carrying around indicated otherwise. “Oh, I eat,” I assured him. “You just don’t see me.”...
by Claire Dwyer | Dec 2, 2023 | Advent, Liturgical year, Present Moment
The baby’s wail rang through the church, reverberating through the air, an audible avalanche. It shattered the silence after communion with such piercing power I was momentarily stunned. The mother had already retreated to the back of the building—no doubt...
