by Claire Dwyer | Sep 29, 2020 | Mary, Saints
On this feast of the Archangels, I wanted to share a short but incredibly moving and powerful poem from a Carmelite nun, St. Miriam of the Holy Spirit, also known by her baptismal name, Jessica Powers. May St. Michael defend and protect innocent and defenseless life...
by Claire Dwyer | Sep 2, 2020 | parenthood, pro-life, Saints
The lines of division in our country and in the world are marked and clear and widening by the hour. “I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse, therefore choose life, that you and your...
by Claire Dwyer | Jun 28, 2020 | Eucharist, silence, spirituality
When I was a little girl, my family would say the rosary every night before an image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I’d look at that luminous Heart, aglow, and the long fingers of Our Lord solemnly pulling back the folds of his robe to reveal its fire and its wounds....
by Claire Dwyer | May 29, 2020 | Discernment, Mercy, pro-life, Saints
We were passed small folded cards at the start of a diocesan pro-life meeting a few years ago, and we opened them and began to pray The Litany of Trust for the first time. Immediately I knew this prayer was inspired. Incredibly simple, but powerful. I turned the...
by Claire Dwyer | Apr 18, 2020 | Everyday Holiness, parenthood, silence
This is the closest thing I’ll ever get to living the cloistered life, I thought, as I tossed out the school calendar and basketball season schedules. I put backpacks and lunchboxes in storage. I erased my oldest’s commencement exercises off the square in April. I...
