by Claire Dwyer | Dec 15, 2018 | Saints
Recently I was listening to an Avila Institute class lecture. Professor Hollcraft’s comments on fortitude in the everyday situations and decisions of our lives solidified something which struck me deeply a few years ago. My friend was giving a talk about the...
by Claire Dwyer | Dec 1, 2018 | Saints
No family is perfect. Well, maybe one. But Jesus, Mary, and Joseph are definitely the exception. Even in the best of homes, even when the parents are canonized together and a child becomes one of the most beloved saints of all time, there can be deep hurt. ...
by Claire Dwyer | Nov 13, 2018 | Saints
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini must have been a flexible soul. Several times in her life, God asked her to pivot in her plans and follow him in directions she had not thought to discern. But through her obedience, the Lord did amazing things – and now she is...
by Claire Dwyer | Jul 29, 2017 | Everyday Holiness, prayer, Saints, scripture
I am a Mary at heart, a Martha by trade. Today’s feast of St. Martha has me thinking of both of them and the tug within each of us: the longing for intimacy with God and the pressing needs of life. I don’t need to repeat the story of the two sisters. It...
by Claire Dwyer | Sep 25, 2016 | Everyday Holiness, parenthood, prayer, Saints
Next month the Catholic galaxy will become a little brighter as the Church receives a new cluster of saints. Among the holy handful will be just one woman, a French Carmelite considered by Pope Saint John Paul II to be one the most influential mystics of his...
by Claire Dwyer | May 26, 2016 | parenthood, prayer, Saints
I took a fascinating online class on the nature of Mystical Theology in the Church this Spring. What precious time I could carve out from my busy life as a mom six, I spent delving into the works of St. John of the Cross and meeting a new friend, a little Carmelite...
