Monthly Archives: September 2018

One of the most transformative books I read last year was Cardinal Sarah’s The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise. As a peace-and-quiet-loving mom of five, silence is something I crave always. It can never be too quiet. … Continue reading →

Middle Age: This is What You’ve Been Waiting For We need new terminology to describe the age range between young adulthood and old age.  Middle-aged just doesn’t cut it. It’s describing something by what it is not. It’s not the … Continue reading →

52 Dresses: The Heart of a Woman as Seen by God A new weekly series of meditations by Fr. Guillermo Serra, LC.  See all chapters here. Chapter 1 – A Sundress A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman … Continue reading →

I think Teresa of Avila might have made a great blogger. I read her Interior Castle this year, and while it was sometimes tricky reading, her organization style and penchant for lists would have made for some catchy titles: The … Continue reading →

A new weekly series of meditations by Fr. Guillermo Serra, LC.  See all chapters here. INTRODUCTION  This summer I had the chance to visit my family and spend some time with my nieces.  Being with them has taught me a … Continue reading →

The German language has a great way of expressing broad ideas or sentiments in a single word. Treppenwitz literally means “staircase joke”, and describes that witty comeback you thought of too late. Fremdschämen is “exterior shame”, and describes the cringey … Continue reading →

September’s here, the kids are back at school, and most of us are ready to move from the lazy-hazy chaos of summer to a bit of life-structure that helps us make the most of our time and energy. As we … Continue reading →

As a linguist, I love virtues with weird-sounding names. Benedicencia is the virtue of speaking well of others, from Latin bene, meaning “well”, and dicere, meaning “say” (we have the word benediction in English, so benedicencia really means to “speak … Continue reading →