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  • Catholic Spirituality,  current events,  Pope Francis,  Rome,  sin,  Suffering

    Finding grace in the Eternal City

    By Jenny Uebbing

    I woke up blinking and disoriented in the chilly darkness of our hotel room, craning my neck to see if any light was squeezing through the cracks of the blackout shutters. I rolled over and grabbed my…

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  • abuse,  Catholic Spirituality,  Catholics Do What?,  Culture of Death,  current events,  Pope Francis,  scandal,  sin,  Suffering

    Flipping tables in the temple

    By Jenny Uebbing

    I have fielded countless emails, Instagram messages, comments, and texts from faithful Catholics these last few weeks. Most carry the same tone of concern and horror for what is coming to light: an egregious lack of transparency…

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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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  • benedict option,  Catholic Spirituality,  sin,  spiritual warfare,  Suffering

    I will never leave her

    By Jenny Uebbing

    I have wrestled competing emotions these past few weeks over the scandals coming to light in the Catholic Church in America, and elsewhere. Fear and anger mixed with a profound grief that feels something like abandonment. Abandonment…

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  • Catholics Do What?,  Culture of Death,  Homosexuality,  Sex,  sin,  Suffering

    When deferred maintenance hits the fan

    By Jenny Uebbing

    Yesterday our sewer main backed up. I happened upon the grisly scene when I entered the basement. I stood transfixed, an overflowing basket of laundry on my hip and a stench in my nose. At first I…

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  • Catholics Do What?,  Contraception,  guest post,  large family,  Living Humanae Vitae,  Marriage,  motherhood,  NFP,  pregnancy,  Sex,  Suffering

    Alleged miracles, hyper fertility, and the Cross {Living Humanae Vitae Part 5}

    By Jenny Uebbing

    You may already be familiar with Bonnie Engstrom’s story from her blog, “A Knotted Life.” If you are, then you know that her son, James Fulton, was stillborn. His allegedly miraculous return to life – through the…

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  • current events,  mental health,  PPD,  Suffering

    You know someone struggling with mental health (and you probably ate dinner with them last night)

    By Jenny Uebbing

    Have you ever been so depressed or overwhelmed with anxiety that you had the thought “I wish I could just stop existing?” The classic suicide questionnaire used in doctor’s offices to assess mental health includes some version…

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  • infertility,  Living Humanae Vitae,  Marriage,  NFP,  Suffering

    Think you know a “perfect” family? Maybe you can’t see the whole picture {Living Humanae Vitae part 4}

    By Jenny Uebbing

    Have you ever looked longingly at someone else’s cross and thought to yourself, “I’d trade places with them in a heartbeat,” while morosely focusing on your own troubles? Have you ever wondered, “I wonder what’s going on…

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  • Catholic Spirituality,  Catholics Do What?,  guest post,  large family,  Living Humanae Vitae,  Marriage,  motherhood,  NFP,  pregnancy,  Suffering

    Suffering, surrender, and seven boys: {Living Humanae Vitae part 2}

    By Jenny Uebbing

    I’m honored to introduce you to these next contributions to the Humanae Vitae series – their story is both extraordinary and unusual, and has the potential to open a dialogue about a rarely-discussed aspect of NFP; namely,…

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  • Catholics Do What?,  Contraception,  Living Humanae Vitae,  Marriage,  NFP,  Sex,  Suffering

    This couple went a year without sex (and lived to tell the tale): {Living Humanae Vitae part 1}

    By Jenny Uebbing

    Our first contributor wishes to remain anonymous because of the personal nature of her piece, but was generous enough to share her story here. Following the back to back arrival of their 4 children, this couple laid…

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