Welcome to our Journey
Lizz and I have created this space as a way to share our Catholic journeys—both personal and shared—as we walk in faith and grow and grow in God’s mercy. As we embark on this new adventure, we felt called to begin by reflecting on our recent pilgrimage experiences during this Jubilee Year.
This July, we traveled on a pilgrimage that deeply moved us. Through this blog, we hope to recount those sacred moments, offering glimpses into the awe-inspiring places we visited and the spiritual blessings we received along the way. These posts will serve not only as a record of our journey, but also as a companion to the book we are writing about the experience.
Our pilgrimage reflections will be interwoven with other posts—snapshots of our ongoing lives as Catholic women, friends, mothers, and wives. We invite you to walk with us, to reflect with us, and perhaps to find in our stories something that resonates in your own faith journey.
Mary and Lizz
Monday Morning Catholic 9-8-25
This reflection looks at St. Simeon Stylites and how his radical life of prayer reveals that suffering is an unavoidable part of faith. Though his choice to live atop a pillar may seem extreme, it challenges us to see stillness, sacrifice, and endurance as ways of drawing closer to God. His witness reminds us that holiness often involves discomfort and loss, just as Jesus Himself suffered on the cross. In the end, the call of discipleship is to embrace our own crosses, trusting that even in suffering, God is with us and transforming us.