Winter ramblings

Sorry it has been so long since a decent update! Life has been crazy in NYC this Winter. We have gotten a lot of snow and bitter cold weather. All of my ministries take place outdoors, so I have become a pro at layering!! I, as I know we all are, look forward to spring with much anticipation! This week we have had a few days that were in the 60s. WOW! I cannot believe how amazing it felt. I cannot wait for things to start turning green and camping and fishing season to start.

Life in community is good. I love the women I live with. We all are very happy. With the normal little bumps in the road we all get along famously. You always have someone to talk or do something with. Although I have lived on my own for so long it has been an adjustment living with others and trying not to be so independent. But thanks be to God He has been giving me extra doses of grace to handle it all.

The ministry has been hard. I have had to confront the culture head on. The message we are preaching is so counter cultural. This work is simply not possible without the Holy Spirit working in the hearts of those with whom we serve. Sometimes when you look at how depressing NYC it can be overwhelming but it reminds me that much more of how dependant on the Lord I am. The main focus is always Jesus, but I have felt it pressed upon my hear to share more and more with people the grace of the Sacrament of Reconciliation. It is overlooked so many times by Catholics. We must return to what we know and come running home to the Father’s house as in the prodigal son. My friends that are reading this blog, please remember this message is for you as well. During this Lent, make a trip to confession. I promise you will not be sorry. If it has been a long time or you have any questions, please feel free to contact me and I will be happy to speak with you about it.

This Lent I am trying to focus on the Passion of Our Lord and contemplate
His marvelous love for me. I cannot tell you how hard that is to grasp. God really loves me? I am uniquely and wonderfully made the way He wanted me to be? He would fight for me? He doesn’t just love me the way I am, he loves because of the way I am? He doesn’t just overlook my flaws, he wants to mend them? He doesn’t just want my heart, he wants to make it whole? Another WOW and an AMEN is due here!! I can’t believe how much He loves me. And He loves YOU in the same way!

Well on that note folks, I gotta run. Life is calling and I am ready to respond! “Speak Lord, for you servant is listening!”


Picture of me with the directors of LAMP they day I got my LAMP Crucifix



Father Groshel with other friars at the March for Life (I am such a groupie of the CFRs!!) They let me come with them to the March for life! It was such a great blessing. The Friars and the Sisters are such rockstars!!




This is a picture from a bank on the way to the lake with my parents. This is not been doctored! Hope it makes you giggle as much as it did me!