I took a fascinating online class on the nature of Mystical Theology in the Church this Spring. What precious time I could carve out from my busy life as a mom six, I spent delving into the works of St. John of the Cross and meeting a new friend, a little Carmelite mystic named Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, often called a “spiritual sister” to St. Therese, the Little Flower. Late at night, huddled on the couch while the household slept, I read about the ascent of Mount Carmel, the famous allegory used by St. John of the Cross to describe the spiritual life, the journey of the soul’s toward union with God.Our professor asked us to write our final paper on our own journey on this mystical mountain. He challenged us to reflect on how we could embrace the self-renunciation necessary to climb closer to the summit. After a few days of mulling this over mounds of laundry and miles of carpooling, here is what I came up with:
I find it a bit spiritually amusing that I am replying to a blog about women covering their heads in Church since I only recently have taken up the custom again.
A hotly debated “guidance” from the U.S. government forcing schools to open their bath and locker rooms to all genders or lose federal funds is now facing a lawsuit from 11 states who are challenging the administrations right to enforce the rule.
The 11th annual Rosary Relay for Priests will take place on June 3, the Feast of the Sacred Heart and will include more than 100 shrines around the world.
The Very Reverend John Lankeit, rector of Ss. Simon & Jude Cathedral in Phoenix, Arizona, decided to do more than just sign a petition against Target’s bathroom policy and paid a personal visited to a local store to share his concerns – all of which he documented on Facebook.
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSThe city of New York's preposterous policy naming 31 gender identities businesses must respect or face six figure fines, is causing new outrage - and ridicule.
JB writes: “ . . . [O]ver the past few years many of my fellow Catholic moms have started selling Norwex, like Tupperware, but more of a house cleaning thing. At first I was intrigued, but the products seem to lean towards 'chemicals are bad' (um not when my kids have gotten sick and I need bleach to clean my toilet, but ok), and after visiting their website something just smelled of population control, or the like. Any ideas?”
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