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Meditating on the Lost Season of Epiphany | Reflection

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Portion of the Nave Ceiling from the Ely Cathedral, England Often when we think of the Epiphany, we think of the feast day celebrated on January 6th in which the Magi visited the Infant Jesus and presented their gifts to Him. But in the older Church calendars, the Epiphany also marks the beginning of a sub-season within the larger Christmas Season called Epiphanytide or Time After Epiphany. Not many know about this part of the liturgical calendar, and personally, I think it's a shame because the more I learn about it, the more I find how rich it is in the spiritual fruits it has to offer. In the current liturgical calendar, themes of the Epiphany are present in the weeks between the feast day and Lent, but it is no longer considered a season and instead falls under the category of Ordinary Time. And while it echoes the sub-season it came to replace, it was fully separated from the larger Christmas Season. I consider it to be a sub-season because at a glance, it appears somewhat sep...
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Gethsemane | Reflection

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Jesus Christ in Sorrow in Gethsemane by Carl Bloch Just sit with Me in My Passion, and I'll sit with you in yours. These are the words I feel internally that God may be placing on my heart at this time in my life. Since Azalea died, I've been hearing over and over to be gentle with myself, and I think God agrees and has been encouraging me to do so. But even more than that, through various conversations that I've had with my husband and my sister since then, I've been feeling more recently that maybe God has been asking me to slow down in many ways and to just be more present, both with my family and with Him. In these past couple weeks, I keep being presented with images and thoughts of Gethsemane, and at first I wasn't really sure why--but it felt significant. And then, my husband and I keep returning to the same sentiments in our conversations about returning to Mass (we haven't been back to Mass since Azalea died)--how we want to return to Mass, but don...
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January 12, 2024 | Dear Azalea

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Dear Azalea, I regret that I didn’t cherish you more when I had you. It pains me to admit that your pregnancy had become another set of complaints. The nausea, the hip and back pain, the jabs from within, the acid reflux, the constant trouble sleeping and fatigue—I spent more time complaining than I did getting excited for you. You were my fourth pregnancy, and so when I first felt you move, I was mostly unphased. In your ultrasounds, you looked like just another baby. But it’s all colored so differently now. I want you to know that even though I wasn’t as excited as I should have been, I was still excited for you…especially at the end, which makes the timing of your loss all the more heartbreaking. I was excited to know what you would look like and if you would resemble any of your sisters. And I couldn’t wait to see if you’d grow up to act like them too. I was so ready to bring you home to them and watch them smother you with unrestrained, adorably aggressive toddler love. And I coul...
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