Category Archives: Elizabeth Tomlin

May 02 2022

Turning our Attention to Jesus

Click here for daily readings I recently read an essay by Simone Weil about the relationship between academic study and our love of God. She wrote the essay in the early 20th century to encourage eighth graders in their s...

Feb 03 2022

Memorial of St. Blaise: There’s a Saint for Everyone and Everything

Click here for daily readings Today is the Memorial of St. Blaise. St. Blaise was the Bishop of Sebastia in Armenia, which is a city located midway between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Blaise lived during the early ...

Jan 02 2022

A Resolution to Make Haste Slowly

Click here for daily readings Happy New Year! By now, you have likely considered a new year’s resolution and maybe even tried a few. If I’m honest, I have a long history of falling headfirst off the new ...

Dec 23 2021

Walking With Zechariah Through His Personal Advent

Click here for daily readings We are two days away from Christmas. Are you getting antsy for the arrival of Jesus, for visits with family and opening presents? I am, but I’m trying to slow down and savor this litur...

Nov 09 2021

Perfect Justice and Perfect Mercy

Click here for daily readings The National Basilica Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. is the largest church in the western hemisphere. The Byzantine structure rises high above the DC skyline, which ...