Sr. Bethany Madonna: "You follow Me:" Letting Love Lead

It was 6:10am. All 3 kids had joined us in our bed and decided it would be a good time to bounce jubilantly. I lay there, trying to...

Our Call to Deepen Our Friendships It's so, so much easier to be holy when you have a community to rely on and support you. Parish events...

Wow. Where do I begin? My last blog post was from March, 6 months ago. In the last post Honora was still at Inova Fairfax. She was 3...

It’s day 67 in the NICU. Only about 10 have been uneventful. Gift bags reserved for ‘medically complex’ babies showed up in our room. I...

I can't believe this week marks over a month of life as a NICU mom. First, I have an AMAZING story for you about Honora's name! My mom...

Thank you for your investment in our little Honora's journey by reading this. You might have donated a gift card to our meal train or...

Isn't it funny how sometimes you can only see things in retrospect? I look back at the days leading up to Honora's birth and I realize...

The last 2 days have felt like 20 years. Part 1 of Honora's crazy entrance to life is here. Let's start with a funny and miraculous...

This has been the strangest 3 days of my life, bar none. Full of trauma and miracles. Disclaimer: this post contains graphic unfiltered...

Building my little domestic church has given me such joy lately, and I wanted to share it with you! Kitchen remodels are just so dang...

Am I a feminist? I’ve never felt comfortable describing myself as such. But maybe I should start rethinking that. When I began to read...

A young adult at one of my recent speaking events asked me this. Here's my answer!

I’ve been asked before if you should date while discerning religious life. I think the answer in general should be no. However, I get...

I was so happy to receive an advance copy of Pray, Decide, and Don't Worry from Ascension Press. I see a gap in Catholic literature for...

I cannot BELIEVE it's been 25 episodes! I will be spending the day dancing in my pink unicorn onesie. Hope you have something equally fun...

This past week I watched the Matt Fradd Show featuring Tim Gordon (half of “TNT,” the pair who has broken much of the behind-the-scenes...

In this moment I feel enlightened, discouraged, and feel as though we Catholics are TOTALLY selling ourselves short. just watched an...

Do you feel stressed out and anxious that you'll "miss" your vocation? Do you get upset with God when you try to do everything right but...

“A mother’s love is forever,” goes the old saying. Unfortunately, this isn’t always true. A mother’s love sometimes ends where her issues...

A few days ago, I got a text. It was one of my voice students “breaking up” with me. She said she had just lost motivation and was...