by Olivia | Jan 15, 2015 | HOLINESS
We know well and good that, as Christians, Sunday is the sabbath day, the day of rest, the day set apart for God and for family. Ideally, our Sundays would be spent going to Mass, spending quality, focused time with our families, and doing enjoyable tasks/hobbies that...
by Olivia | Dec 13, 2014 | HOLINESS
Sweet, naive, well-meaning Olivia sat in her junior year college catechetics class daydreaming. As she listened to her professor unfold the beauty of the Christian liturgical year and how it can be celebrated richly in the home, she fantasized about her future life...
by Olivia | Dec 8, 2014 | HOLINESS
Yesterday, I was able to spend some down time with a few of my former students. I’m sponsoring one of them for Confirmation this year, and we had a short retreat day at their parish; so a good amount of my other kids were there, too. Yesterday compelled me to...
by Olivia | Dec 1, 2014 | HOLINESS
See Installments One and Two. I didn’t think twice about where to begin overhauling our life. I knew that if my prayer life was not thriving, the rest of me wouldn’t, either. If our family is not rooted first and foremost in the Lord and His will, nothing...
by Olivia | Nov 17, 2014 | HOLINESS
I married a dreamer. And in the beginning of our relationship, it bothered me. A lot. He was (and still is) full of ideas, hopes, and goals. Big ones. Ones that, in my eyes, were impossible and, quite frankly, childish. It bothered me because he had something that I...
by Olivia | Nov 1, 2014 | HOLINESS
When I first heard about Pier Giorgio Frassati, I was a sophomore in college. I don’t remember exactly how I heard of him or who told me about him, but I recall being instantly interested in learning more about his life. Initially, I simply loved the fact that...
