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I've always been fascinated by the four temperaments. I remember being at a talk by Jackie Francois Angel at a Steubenville conference one year when she started talking about the temperaments. I was fascinated. The powerful choleric. The friendly sanguine. The thoughtful melancholic. The easygoing phlegmatic. Over the years I've read numerous books and articles and listened to podcasts about the temperaments. I'm primarily of the melancholic temperament, with choleric being my secondary temperament (everyone has two!). When Rose Sweet gave me the oppurtunity to read her new book, My Type of Holiness, I was absolutely thrilled! Like I said, I’ve read other books on the temperaments, but none of them come close to the practical examples and relatability Rose brought to this one. It helped me accept my own temperament- I didn't WANT to be a melancholic-choleric combo... I don't want to be so intense!! But this is the first book I’ve read on the temperaments that didn’t make that feel like a more negative or harsh combination than the others. The weaknesses were very real, the strengths were so eye-opening, and I especially loved the saint highlights and prayer tips to help you live a life of holiness not in spite of, but working with your natural temperament and personality. I would recommend this to any college-aged Catholic (and honestly, to anyone...) who's trying to figure out who they are and how to best use their strengths in a way that glorifies God! It's truly such a blessing to have this one on my bookshelf. You can snag a copy of My Type of Holiness: Striving for Sainthood with the Temperament God Gave Me from Amazon or from the Our Sunday Visitor website. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Last year I joined a book study led by a priest friend who has become a true spiritual father to me. The book was Abba’s Heart by Neil Lozano . Around that same time, I went on a FOCUS Father's House retreat. I’ve always felt closer to Jesus than to the Father. But something changed. These two experiences opened my heart in a way I didn’t know was possible. They began a journey that will never end. Here’s what I discovered: I have a Heavenly Father who loves me unconditionally. He doesn’t think I’m too far gone. He doesn’t think I’m too much. He doesn’t think I’m too broken. He wants to heal me. To make me whole. To be with me. I am a daughter. Beloved before all else. That is the truth that I want to live my life out of. We have a father who is Love Himself. We are made for eternal union with Him. We are made for Love Himself. Jesus’ every word, every act, reveals the Father’s heart. Think of the Prodigal son. The parable shows this so clearly. The Love of the Father. He was waiting on the porch to run to and embrace His Son when he returned. He loves us so, so unfathomably much. If this is you... If you’ve sinned. If you’ve rejected Him. If you feel ashamed, abandoned, or broken... The Father is not far. You don’t have to be perfect to come home. He’s already running to you. If you long to know the Father’s Heart, I highly recommend reading Abba’s Heart by Neil Lozano . It changed my life, and I know the Father will use it to draw you closer to His Heart, too.   You are not too far gone. You are not too much. You are not too broken. You are infinitely loved. Fall into His arms and draw near to the Father’s Heart. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases

Six years ago today, I was Confirmed. And honestly? I haven't stopped talking about it since. I find it ironic, because June 8 is National Best Friend's Day. And the Holy Spirit, on that day, became my best friend. The Father is, well, my Father. Jesus is my Beloved. And the Holy Spirit is my best friend. When one is Confirmed, they are called to evangelization. I like to tell my kids on Confirmation retreats that they have been given a special mission. The Holy Spirit has a mission for each of them, and a way that they are speciically called to evangelize. So in my case, when I was Confirmed, I didn't really know what my mission was. I loved Jesus, and I loved talking about Jesus, but I didn't know what came next. But at the moment that my priest placed his hands on my head and said, "Recieve the Holy Spirit," I was filled with a physical warmth- like I was set on fire. A month later I went to my first Steubenville Conference. and I experienced another outpouring of the Holy Spirit- this time through the gift of tears.  Since then, He’s continued to move in ways I never expected: through tears, joy, healing, dreams, and moments of prayer I knew weren’t just from me. 9 months later, the pandemic began,  and I, in my newfound free time, started a blog.  That blog, guided by the Holy Spirit, has grown into an apologetics ministry and opportunities I only could have dreamed of. Anything good I do today is fruit of His Spirit.  Don’t know your mission yet? Ask the Holy Spirit.  He wants to be your best friend.

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