My dear Catholic/Christian complex trauma survivor, We’re deep into Holy Week now, and perhaps you are feeling triggered and activated by the readings, liturgy, devotions and reflections, and this makes you feel guilty and ashamed. Or perhaps you are staying away from church this week because your reactions to these triggers are too intense and […]
Month: March 2024
Before You Ask Catholics to “Come Home” this Easter…
Easter is often a time when churches welcome Catholics who have been away from church home. In fact, you may even have been encouraged to invite someone you know who has been away from church back to mass this Easter. But do you know the deeper reasons WHY you are doing it? Each person has […]
God Keeps Getting Bigger
I was never taught that if I were to enter a personal relationship with God, that I would be perpetually stretched to rediscover God again and again, or that my experience of God would keep expanding and breaking every mould I knew that could help me understand who “God” is. But that has been my […]
“I am not the God of instant tea”
A little over 15 years ago, I went through an intense spiritual conversion in daily life. It didn’t take place at a retreat, nor was it facilitated by anyone. Over a period of 7 incredibly spiritually intense days that began with a sacrament of reconciliation and an unburdening of unforgiveness (of myself) of over 9 […]