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    The space between

    By Jenny Uebbing

    Lately I’ve been making use of a previously overlooked and formerly unavailable slot of time in my life: the very early morning. I was lamenting to my best friend at the beginning of January my very slow…

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  • mental health,  mindfulness,  prayer,  reality check,  self care

    The despair of comparison and letting God in

    By Jenny Uebbing

    Do you ever take your eyes off your own paper just for a minute, maybe not every day, but every so often? What do you see when you look around? I don’t necessarily mean on social media,…

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  • abuse,  current events,  Homosexuality,  Living Humanae Vitae,  Pope Francis,  prayer,  Rome,  scandal,  Sex,  sin

    Disillusionment with the Church

    By Jenny Uebbing

    Remember believing in Santa? Shhhh, my kids still do. Maybe that’s a bad analogy. Maybe you never believed in Santa. What about this: maybe you believed your mom or your dad to be invincible. Kind of superhuman…

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  • abuse,  Catholics Do What?,  Contraception,  Culture of Death,  current events,  Parenting,  prayer,  scandal,  sin,  spiritual warfare,  Suffering

    What’s a faithful Catholic to do?

    By Jenny Uebbing

    There is a tremendous – and warranted – outcry of rage and betrayal in the Church right now. I’m not talking about the usual suspects in the media and the voices coming from the cafeteria line, either.…

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  • Catholic Spirituality,  Catholics Do What?,  deliverance,  Evangelization,  prayer,  spiritual warfare

    I must confess: building a habit of the Sacrament of Reconciliation

    By Jenny Uebbing

    When I was a Catholic kid growing up, like most Catholic kids I’ve ever known, I hated going to confession. I hated the sinking feeling in my stomach as I stood in line, palms sweating and heart…

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  • Catholic Spirituality,  prayer

    When prayer is hard

    By Jenny Uebbing

    You’re the God of the hills and valleys, and I am not alone. I promise this isn’t another reflection on the difficulties of real estate or the minor aches and pains of pregnancy. Pinky swear. I’m coming…

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  • About Me,  Catholic Spirituality,  motherhood,  prayer

    A mom who prays is a mom who stays (sane)

    By Jenny Uebbing

    Sometimes I write posts for myself which is vv old school blogger of me, if you stop and think about it. Online journaling. But this is one such post, a reminder that hey, self, you need to up…

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  • benedict option,  Catholic Spirituality,  Catholics Do What?,  Evangelization,  Family Life,  motherhood,  prayer,  spiritual warfare

    Make America *good* again (with Mary)

    By Jenny Uebbing

    Lately (as in the past 6 months or so) I’ve been feeling nudged?shoved?pushed? to start praying a daily rosary as a family. I have a whole laundry list of reasons why this is a terrible idea, but…

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  • Catholic Spirituality,  feast days,  liturgical living,  prayer

    Let him wash your feet

    By Jenny Uebbing

    Today Lent is over, but Easter has not yet arrived. We enter into the Triduum, the holiest part of the Christian year, the 3 day climax of the liturgical season that bridges the impossible gap between Lent…

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  • Catholic Spirituality,  prayer,  social media,  Suffering

    Drowning in plain sight

    By Jenny Uebbing

    I was texting with a friend yesterday and was honored to be trusted with a little piece of her story, a little glimpse of the heavy burden she is carrying right now. As our brief exchange came…

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