Hello dear readers and happy summer! We’re pausing to check in with YOU as we checked in with each other over this past weekend over a wonderful breakfast and even better company.

Life has been a little bit crazy-busy for the both of us (as you may have deduced from the lack of consistent blogging over the past couple months) – with weddings, graduations (including Joseph’s medal ceremony as he transitions from the ‘baby’ to ‘toddler’ class at his gym) and planning for summer trips and vacations all crowding around the calendars. Mary is preparing to walk the Camino de Santiago in Spain soon and Faith is bracing herself for a twelve hour car ride with a twenty month old. Both daunting tasks!

Yet, Despite the busyness of these seasons of our lives, Jesus continues to still our hearts with His love and remind us who all these efforts are for. He continues to teach us about trusting Him wholly, reminding us that despite all the chaos we may muddle through, the best laid plans we pour into pursuing (including the times they go awry) HE is sufficient, through and in it all.

And what better way to remember this than to dive into the abyss of love found in the Sacred Heart? During this month dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we encourage you as we do one another to rest our heads longer on the chest of our Sweet Savior, as did the beloved apostle St. John, in order to hear the sound of it beating on our behalf. If we listen, we can hear it pounding with love, mercy, compassion, forgiveness – a perfect combination of humanity with the Divine. Truly it is a heart for our hearts, One strong enough to withstand our every doubt, fear, rejection- One stronger, even, than death.

Will you join us there for awhile? Will you join us in seeking this Heart which so tirelessly pursues us?

With all our love,

Mary & Faith