by Claire Dwyer | Sep 5, 2015 | parenthood, Saints, The Sacred Everyday
“Nooooooo!” I couldn’t help but cry out as the three-year-old began to pour the container of salt – the giant Costco container of salt, moreover – all over the kitchen floor. He smiled gleefully despite my dismay, then scurried off as...
by Claire Dwyer | Aug 16, 2015 | Books, Catholic Church
Last fall I picked up a book in our parish bookstore – and couldn’t put it down. Alice von Hildebrand’s Memoirs of a Happy Failure captured me with it’s title. You see, it promised a glimpse into the life of a woman I had admired since...
by Claire Dwyer | Jul 4, 2015 | Everyday Holiness, parenthood, scripture
A recent Friday morning found me at the funeral Mass for a friend’s mother, and I had to take the two youngest with me. We lasted only a few minutes in the main church. My three year old, his toddler voice echoing during the quiet and solemn service, sent us...
by Claire Dwyer | Jun 7, 2015 | Eucharist, parenthood, scripture
This spring saw our backyard filled with new life: families of quail scurrying across the grass, baby doves peeking out from the eaves of our patio, and a special surprise: a little killdeer mother, nesting on the ground in a shallow depression in the gravel out near...
by Claire Dwyer | May 21, 2015 | Catholic Church, Eucharist
The word Eucharist, which holds so much weight and significance to our faith, is from the Greek translation of the Jewish word berakah which means “giving thanks to God.” Each time the Church spreads out her banquet before us, an eternal Thanksgiving...
