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Erin Franco

Interior Life

The thankfulness in my heart today is this.

The thankfulness in my heart today is this.

Humble Handmaid· Saints

Oh, St. Josemaria. How well you have put into words what is in my heart this Thanksgiving. If you have…
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“Has this not happened to you?”: A poem by St. Teresa of Avila

“Has this not happened to you?”: A poem by St. Teresa of Avila

Interior Life· Saints

A friend of mine sent me this poem by St. Teresa of Avila. I have read several poems of hers…
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God Writes Straight with Crooked Lines

God Writes Straight with Crooked Lines

Humble Handmaid· Interior Life

This is a guest post today for my friend Karina Allen, who blogs over at For His Name and His Renown,…
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Are you doing what {you think you’re} supposed to be doing?

Are you doing what {you think you’re} supposed to be doing?

Humble Handmaid· Interior Life· Motherhood

For some reason, I’ve had the pleasure of running into a good number of readers and podcast/radio listeners lately around…
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Saints were people too

Saints were people too

Humble Handmaid· Interior Life· Saints

It had been a hard day. I had been fighting deep discouragement all day about some things going on in my…
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5 Tips for Suffering Like a Saint

5 Tips for Suffering Like a Saint

Humble Handmaid· Interior Life· Saints

The lives of the saints are always a go-to for me when I’m going through seasons of suffering. They are…
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I'm a south Louisiana girl, Catholic wife, writer, speaker, and mother of six. Since I started my blog way back in 2009, life has been a roller coaster of babies, plot twists and a plane crash or two. I've been chronicling things here as I've been learning to love and suffer and laugh and trust in the goodness of God in the ordinary and the extraordinary--with a little espresso and a lot of Divine Mercy. Read More…

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