by Claire Dwyer | Oct 13, 2019 | Catholic Church, Saints
I love the saints – hang out here at all, and you’ll inevitably see evidence. This is why I’m always a little giddy when the Church adds a few more watts to her spiritual sky and makes our earthly pilgrimage just a bit brighter. They light the way,...
by Claire Dwyer | Oct 13, 2019 | Discernment, Everyday Holiness, parenthood, Saints, The Sacred Everyday
We pulled into the school parking lot and swung open our van doors to let in the kids pile in, fresh from school and ready for snacks, sports practices, and all the activities of each evening. My friend smiled as they scurried around us, backpacks and water bottles...
by Claire Dwyer | Jun 26, 2019 | Everyday Holiness, Saints, spirituality
The young Spanish priest had felt in his prayer an unidentified urging for several years, a vague call, a sense of something more. On October 2, 1928, while pondering some notes in his journal, Fr. Josemaría Escrivá suddenly saw it: the ‘call within a call’ such as...
by Claire Dwyer | Jun 20, 2019 | Catholic Church, spirituality
“Mommy, why are two churches burning?” His little face looked up at mine, hair tousled, eyes troubled. He was thinking of the photos he had seen of the burning of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. He was thinking also of our neighborhood church of St. Joseph, which had...
by Claire Dwyer | Jun 1, 2019 | Discernment, spirituality
It was almost exactly one year ago when I cried out in prayer to God: “I can’t do this anymore!” I remember I was sitting on the edge of the couch, clutching the cushions. Life felt so overwhelming and I had reached a physical and emotional, and I...
