On the Nightstand: Spiritual Direction: A Guide for Sharing the Father’s Love 

by Melanie on February 1, 2024

in Books, Catholicism, Newsletter, Nonfiction, On the Nightstand, Prayer, Spirituality, Writing

My friend Pat Gohn, who also happens to be the editor at Living Faith, suggested this book recently while we were catching up on life. It’s been more than a decade since I had a spiritual director, but when Pat recommends something, I listen! I’m still in the book’s opening pages, and dogearing things to […]

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On the Nightstand: The Great Unknown: The Holy Spirit and His Gifts

by Melanie on January 8, 2024

in Catholicism, Newsletter, Nonfiction, On the Nightstand, Spirituality

I’m pretty confident that if you ask 10 friends to which Person of the Holy Trinity they pray, eight or nine of them will say God the Father or Jesus. The Holy Spirit just doesn’t seem to get as much attention, beyond the beautiful “Come, Holy Spirit” prayer. I’m looking forward to delving into this […]

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On the Nightstand: Tree of Souls by Howard Schwartz

by Melanie on December 5, 2023

in Newsletter, Nonfiction, On the Nightstand, Spirituality

The queen of looking back was Lot’s wife. In Genesis 19, angels tell Lot his city will be destroyed due to the Lord’s displeasure, and that he, his wife, and his two daughters need to leave and not look back. And Lot, whose actions are sometimes less than admirable (earlier, he offered to let his […]

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On the Nightstand: Wife, Mother & Mystic

by Melanie on October 1, 2023

in Catholicism, Newsletter, Nonfiction, On the Nightstand, Saints, Spirituality

Every saint’s and saint-in-the-making’s story has something to teach us. This month, I’m going to be delving into the life of Blessed Anna Maria. She was born in Siena, Italy, in 1769, and married shortly before she was twenty. It was not long after her marriage that she had her first encounter with Jesus. Many […]

Tagged as: anna maria taigi, Catholic, mystics, On the Nightstand, wife mystic and mother, women saints

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