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 | May 8, 2015 | Everyday Holiness, parenthood, Saints, Uncategorized
Edited to note that Archbishop Oscar Romero was canonized, along with Pope Paul VI (pictured with him above) in Rome in October 2018. In January this year, I sat in my kitchen early one morning, bleary-eyed after a fractured night’s sleep. (And I’m using...
by Claire Dwyer | May 1, 2015 | Everyday Holiness, prayer, Saints
Nine years ago I went for a walk with Alice von Hildebrand. The lovely Catholic philosopher and theologian had come into Phoenix to give a talk on God’s love, and desiring to enjoy the weather and the views around Camelback mountain, she found me a willing...
