This House You're Building

Category: Rome is Home

  • Habemus Papam!

    Lowly, And Yet Chosen With a pounding heart, shaky hands, and teary eyes, this afternoon I witnessed the most historical, most spiritually moving, and most unifying moment in my life. That statement isn’t easy to profess as I have witnessed many similar events over the course of the years, but the magnitude of today’s election…

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  • Veni, Creator Spiritus

    THE START OF THE CONCLAVE As mentioned previously, I am reading along with John L. Allen, Jr.’s book, The Rise of Benedict XVI (the author of Conclave), which is so exciting with everything going on at this very moment. Not only did he write about the rise of Benedict XVI, of course, but also the…

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  • Snowy Day Reflections

    Happy snow day for those in the Mid-Atlantic! I hope you are enjoying your day off whether that consists of sipping on some hot chocolate, having a tv show marathon, sitting by the fire, trying new recipes to bake, or doing work at home…like me. (Well, not now. It’s break time. ;-) Whatever you’re doing,…

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  • Sede Vacante

    There have been a number of thoughts running through my head all day long. Some of them I hope will be expressed throughout this post. Forgive me now before you continue, for I am certain that my thoughts will be all over the place. But I do hope, in some way, that this will serve…

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  • Grazie Benedetto

      “Dear friends! God guides His Church, maintains her always, and especially in difficult times. Let us never lose this vision of faith, which is the only true vision of the way of the Church and the world. In our heart, in the heart of each of you, let there be always the joyous certainty…

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