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Feeling Alone? Find Solace In This Verse. - The Catholic Woodworker
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Feeling Alone? Find Solace In This Verse.

Last week I shared a personal story about how God pulled me out of desolation one small grace at a time.  It’s really incredible what a difference a week made, and if it weren’t for this blog, I m...

How God Moves Us - The Catholic Woodworker

How God Moves Us

I have a story I want to share for all of you out there who feel far away from the Lord, lost in the desert, in a fog or another, similar mental/spiritual state. This is a story about little bread...

Sacred ScriptureDo You See Yourself As God Sees You? - The Catholic Woodworker

Do You See Yourself As God Sees You?

Can you relate to this tension? Do you struggle to see yourself the way God sees you?  Do you really know how God sees you?  If I can’t see myself the way God sees me, how can I see others that way...

Mental HealthCheck Out These Great Resources For Mental Health! - The Catholic Woodworker

Check Out These Great Resources For Mental Health!

Last week I began a one year program in the Resilient Catholics Community lead by Dr. Peter Malinoski at soulsandhearts.com. Souls and Hearts was developed to meet the needs of practicing Catholic...

Pro-Catholic, Pro-Life, Pro-America - The Catholic Woodworker

Pro-Catholic, Pro-Life, Pro-America

Our priest's homily yesterday was on point.  He talked at length about the recent Supreme Court ruling in the Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization.  He talked about what it meant to be the...

It's Good To Be Back! - The Catholic Woodworker

It's Good To Be Back!

Last July, about a month into this new job, I became pregnant with my first child, and my husband and I welcomed our sweet son in April. We named our son Benedict after Saint Benedict of Nursia, on...

Consecration of Russia - The Catholic Woodworker

Consecration of Russia

I just returned from School Mass where our pastor prayed the full Consecration of Russia prayer.  I wasn't prepared for it.  It was beautiful, sad, and powerful.  It reminded me of the times in th...

LentDon't Let Spiritual Reading Disturb Your Interior Peace! - The Catholic Woodworker

Don't Let Spiritual Reading Disturb Your Interior Peace!

How is your Lenten journey so far? This Lent I am reading "This Tremendous Lover" and thumbing through other spiritual readings. I hope that upon reading the wisdom and advice I found that it may ...

LentNeed Help Deciding What To Do For Lent? - The Catholic Woodworker

Need Help Deciding What To Do For Lent?

Over the past few weeks, my inbox and news feeds have slowly filled up with a collection of Lent articles and videos.  This probably won't be your first time taking Lent seriously, and if you are l...