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 | Mar 16, 2019 | Everyday Holiness, parenthood, Saints
Know Thyself, and thy faults, and thus live. – St. Augustine My mother had me pegged at a very young age. I remember walking into her bedroom as she put down the book Transformed Temperaments by Tim LaHaye and smiled at twelve-year-old me. ...
by Claire Dwyer | Mar 12, 2019 | Everyday Holiness, prayer, The Sacred Everyday
On a typical night, I’ll tumble into bed and toss up a tired prayer or two, mentally reviewing my day from God’s perspective. I can be tempted to discouragement as I look back over what can sometimes seem like missed opportunities. As much as I’d like to remain...
by Claire Dwyer | Jan 25, 2018 | Everyday Holiness, parenthood, scripture, The Sacred Everyday
Liturgically, we’re taking a brief breath in ordinary time. We’ve lived the long wait of Advent, and Christmas has been celebrated and it’s trappings stored away – nativity sets snuggled in attic alcoves and ornaments stacked in garage bins. I’m still polishing...
by Claire Dwyer | Oct 27, 2017 | Everyday Holiness, parenthood
The slick website invited me to take a productivity assessment. This should be interesting, I thought, scanning the piles of papers, laundry and dishes stacked around me. Let’s see how productive I am. Ten minutes later, I had my answer. Turns out I’m “not quite a...
