by Claire Dwyer | Jan 21, 2024 | parenthood, prayer
“Mom, I never see you eat.” My teenager leaned against the kitchen table and looked at me with concern. I tried to laugh it off. After all, the extra 15 pounds I was carrying around indicated otherwise. “Oh, I eat,” I assured him. “You just don’t see me.”...
by Claire Dwyer | Sep 30, 2023 | prayer, Spiritual Direction, Writing
“I don’t know if I have been able to write ten lines without being disturbed…I am not telling any lies when I say that I am writing practically nothing,” lamented (laughed?) St. Thérèse of Lisieux. She had snuck out to the convent garden to write, hoping to make...
by Claire Dwyer | Apr 18, 2022 | prayer, Spiritual Direction
1. Be sure to bite off more than you can chew. If you are not a morning person and are not used to getting up early, set your alarm for 4 AM and expect to rise before the sun with a song in your heart. If you’ve only been praying for a few minutes each day, resolve...
by Claire Dwyer | Jul 9, 2021 | prayer, scripture, Spiritual Direction
There’s a certain timelessness we can feel while in conversation about eternal things: God, our soul, and the revelation of the work the Lord is doing to draw us ever closer to Him. As if everything else is suspended for a few moments and we hang up high from a...
by Claire Dwyer | Jan 24, 2020 | Mercy, parenthood, prayer, Saints
The canonized women who are mothers add to our altars a special kind of incense – a two-fold fragrance of motherhood, both natural and spiritual. The very definition of their sainthood reveals that the life of the soul was sacrosanct to them and that while they...
by Claire Dwyer | Jan 15, 2020 | Catholic Church, prayer, spirituality, Uncategorized
There has been a lot buzz in the Church over the last few years about thresholds of conversion, how to lead others over the steps toward intentional discipleship and that ‘drop your nets’ moment of saying “Yes, Lord. I’m in. I believe in you, I want to...
