Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the Blessed Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold. In that hour, vouchsafe, O my God, to hear my prayer and grant my desires, through the merits of our Savior, Jesus Christ, and of His Blessed… Read More Frassati Reflection: Emmanuel, God with Us

One day last year at the beginning of Advent, I stepped outside to find that it was raining. It was a gray, misty drizzle, the kind that leaves all your clothing slightly damp and seeps in through your shoes. I had already been feeling annoyed at the fickle New York weather as of late, and… Read More Frassati Reflection: The Joy of the Childlike

In celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, I’m posting an excerpt from an article I wrote last year after the Frassati pilgrimage to Mexico—click here to read the full piece: Juan Diego was likely filled with confusion and sadness as he set out on the morning of December 12. Days earlier, he had met… Read More Frassati Reflection: Our Lady of Guadalupe

Then the scribes and Pharisees began to ask themselves, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who but God alone can forgive sins?” Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them in reply, “What are you thinking in your hearts? Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? But… Read More Frassati Reflection: The Authority to Forgive Sins

There is always something in my life that I’m waiting on, and lately it feels like I’m waiting on quite a lot of things, stuck in a kind of limbo until I get the answers I need to move forward. It’s easy to become frustrated in that place of waiting. This Advent, as we await… Read More Frassati Reflection: Waiting with Purpose

When Jesus looked up he saw some wealthy people putting their offerings into the treasury and he noticed a poor widow putting in two small coins. He said, “I tell you truly, this poor widow put in more than all the rest; for those others have all made offerings from their surplus wealth, but she,… Read More Frassati Reflection: Open Our Hands

As Jesus approached Jericho a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging, and hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what was happening. They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.” He shouted, “Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me!” The people walking in front rebuked him, telling him to be silent,… Read More Frassati Reflection: Open Our Eyes

If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he wrongs you seven times in one day and returns to you seven times saying, ‘I am sorry,’ you should forgive him. —Luke 17:3–4 Sr. Febronie served as subprioress during Therese’s early years in Carmel. She reproached Therese for teaching the… Read More Frassati Reflection: The Economy of Mercy

The divine grace that is revealed in the Church’s commemoration of Halloween should be our participation in what is called the Communion of Saints. This Communion of Saints means that this world is not all that there is and that those who have passed through the experience of death continue to love us, care for… Read More Frassati Reflection: All Hallows’ Eve

Jesus was teaching in a synagogue on the sabbath. And a woman was there who for eighteen years had been crippled by a spirit; she was bent over, completely incapable of standing erect. When Jesus saw her, he called to her and said, “Woman, you are set free of your infirmity.” He laid his hands… Read More Frassati Reflection: Without Delay