One of the (many) things I do at my parish is lead a small women’s group, and a few weeks ago we did a Visio Divina. We found that one of the hardest steps of the Visia Divina — at least for our group — was the first, when I…

My relationship with music is one of admiration but little understanding. I must admit, that a lot of musical terminology went straight over my head — however, I greatly appreciated listening to the Masses and quartets. In reading Begbie and listening to the lectures, the chapters “In God’s Good Time”…

I don’t know what my feelings toward the Church of the Incarnation are. Part of me loves it, part of me hates it. Having attended Mass there throughout my undergraduate experience, maybe I just have fond memories of attending the Easter Vigil, seeing my friends after Mass in the nave…

For this post, all citations are using Kindle location numbers — however I try to provide as much chapter information as I can to assist in quote location. In reflecting on Sr. Ann Astell’s book, Eating Beauty, it is difficult to find a place to begin. She packs so much…

When I think about baptism, even not in the context of the early Church, my mind quickly wanders to Tertullian. It has been a few years since I seriously sat down with On Baptism, or anything else of his — and can only imagine the reason my mind jumps so…

I cannot remember a time in my life where my English teacher wasn’t asking me to identify symbolism in our texts. Reading is great, don’t get me wrong, but from 1st grade to the SATs to the GRE… we are always being asked to find meaning in the minutia. This…

A few weeks ago, I met up with some friends of mine who I hadn’t seen in sometime. We sat around, talked Theology, and they — being music nerds — got onto the topic of liturgical music. Next thing I knew, we were listening to Masses. I am not particularly…

George Hitchcock’s The Annunciation is a work I came across recently when running a retreat on Mary — particularly her fiat and the Annunciation. As I was looking for some beautiful art depicting this moment, I came across this piece. I hadn’t seen it before, but it stood out to…