Churchy Things
O Sapientia
We’re well into the O Antiphons already, but I can’t help to reflect on the first of the Antiphons, my most favourite of all: O Wisdom of our God Most High, guiding creation…
Love & Mercy Go Hand-in-Hand
The more you know, the more difficult it is to choose to love. And yet we are still called to love, as difficult as it is. Sometimes we can’t. Sometimes we honestly can’t.…
I’m still mad and terrified
In case anyone was wondering, even though people stop paying attention, this is still my reality. I have made contact with the diocese in which my abuser serves, and as much as I…
The Work Now Before Me
Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I am no prophet, nor a prophet’s son; but I am a herdsman, and a dresser of sycamore trees, and the Lord took me from following the flock, and…
This is how scandal is ignored in the church
I have been hit hard by the recent scandals in the church. It cuts especially deep when I have experienced sexual abuse by the hands of one of the clergy, and I have…
