Catholic Wifehood

28/09/2026

🏟 The Colloseum - so beautiful to look at, but unbeknownst to many, it is a sacred memorial symbolizing the immense suffering and ultimate triumph of early Christian martyrs who died for their faith. ❤️ One of them was St. Ignatius of Antioch, an Apostolic Father who who once said...

“My dear Jesus, my Saviour,
is so deeply written in my heart,
that I feel confident,
that if my heart were to be cut open
and chopped to pieces,
the name of Jesus would be found
written on every piece.”

- St. Ignatius of Antioch, ora pro nobis. 🙏🏼

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15/09/2026

Turned 4 months - loves cuddling, giggling, and shouting! 🤭 How crazy how our newborn is now a legit infant!

August's inspiration is St. Maximilian Kolbe - a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar and a martyr. Founded the Militia of the Immaculata in 1917 to promote devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. He also founded Niepokalanów, a massive monastery and Catholic publishing center near Warsaw. He is perhaps most famous for his death - he offered to take the place of a father condemned to die. A very Jesus kind of love.🥹

We pray that Giorgio grows to love the Blessed Mother, and use his intellect, skills, and technology to spread the Good News - just like St. Maximilian. And we're also reminded as parents, to die to ourselves and our comforts, so we can be life-giving to our son.

"Through the Immaculata to Jesus"

St. Maximilian Kolbe, ora pro nobis.

08/09/2026

How I celebrated the 1st year anniversary of Giorgio and Carlo's canonization—editing this vlog! 📹

Finally got to do this after a year!

It's so heartwarming to relive this once-in-lifetime experience and publish it for Giorgio to watch one day! 🥹🫶

Too bad I can't include all the amazing and amusing behind-the-scenes stories for this eventful day!

Praying one day I could go back to podcasting too. 🎤

Witnessing this historic and once-in-a-lifetime experience - a cano...

07/09/2026

One Year Of Sainthood! 😇 We love you, Pier Giorgio & Carlo! 🏂👨‍💻

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"In this setting, today we look to Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati and Saint Carlo Acutis: a young man from the early 20th century and a teenager from our own day, both in love with Jesus and ready to give everything for him.

Saints Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis are an invitation to all of us, especially young people, not to squander our lives, but to direct them upwards and make them masterpieces."

— Pope Leo XIV on Saints Carlo Acutis & Pier Giorgio Frassati 😇

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01/09/2026

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝑶𝒖𝒓 𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔

Almost a year ago, we packed our bags for a week's trip to Italy to witness the canonization of Pier Giorgio and Carlo and also visit Catholic sites we hadn't been to before. An opportunity to see the world is always an invitation to see more of God's works.

And when our trip was drawing to a close, God revealed to us a gift—His masterpiece—and our life was never the same!

A video presentation during our son's Baptismal Soiree.

08/07/2026

Benedictio Mulieris Post Partum 👩‍🍼
[ The Churching of Women ]

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"What shall I render to the Lord for all His bounty to me?" — Psalm 116:12

There are moments in our Catholic faith that are so beautiful, yet so quietly kept that many of us have never heard of them.

A few days ago, I received the Churching of Women (Benedictio mulieris post partum), a blessing the Church has lovingly offered to mothers after childbirth for centuries. Thankful to Fr. Rodel for supporting this request. 🙏🏼

I came not because I was "unclean" or needed to be "purified" Rather, I came to give thanks. 🧎‍♀️

To thank God for safely carrying me through pregnancy and childbirth. To entrust this new season of motherhood to Him. And to ask for the grace to become the mother my child needs.😍

As the prayers were offered, I found myself reflecting on how the Church truly accompanies us through every stage of life. She rejoices with us, prays for us, and gently reminds us that even the hidden sacrifices of motherhood are seen by God.🤍

That quiet moment was about a mother standing before the Lord with a grateful heart, offering back the life He entrusted to her and asking Him to continue guiding her family.🙏🏼

In a world that often celebrates only the milestones we can see, the Church 💒 also celebrates the quiet ones—the whispered prayers, the healing, the sleepless nights, the courage to begin again, and the sacred vocation of motherhood.

If you've never heard of the Churching of Women before, I hope this encourages you to discover this beautiful tradition. It's a gentle reminder that our faith sanctifies not only the extraordinary moments of life, but also the ordinary ones.🏡

Thank You, Lord, for bringing me safely through childbirth, for the gift of my son, and for walking with me every step of this journey. May I always raise him to know, love, and serve You. 🙏🏼

07/06/2026

𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗣𝗨𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗜

Throwback to my first-ever Eucharistic Miracle visit - Santarem, Portugal! 🩸

I still have not returned to Mass since I gave birth, and this Sunday in particular, the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, I'm feeling a much intense longing to receive my Lord physically. Quite painful and sad💘 but also present is a warm anticipation of the day I get to bring my little one to Mass - soon. 🙏🏼

Yet in my inability to come to Church, Jesus is the one who visits me. Often in my exhaustion, in my restless desire to do more, in the warmth of my husband's selflessness, in the silence of the dawn, in the heart-melting stare of my newborn, and so many moments in between. 🥹❤️

𝑀𝑦 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠,
𝐼 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝐻𝑜𝑙𝑦 𝑆𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡.
𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠,
𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑙.
𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦,
𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡.
𝐼 𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑓 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒
𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑌𝑜𝑢.
𝑁𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑌𝑜𝑢.

𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑛.

24/02/2026

"My God,
if my tongue cannot say
in every moment
that I Love you,
I want my heart to repeat it
as often as I draw my breath."

-- 𝑺𝒕. 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏 𝑽𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒚

23/02/2026

[ 𝐌𝐘 "𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐅𝐄𝐂𝐓" 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 ]

Before Ash Wednesday, I wasn’t truly prepared for Lent—what I would be giving up, what I would be taking in, and honestly… how to do Lent in general.

Usually, my husband and I would sit down and talk these things through so we’d be on the same page. I already had some things in mind, but I wasn’t able to communicate them clearly to Leo.

On the morning of Ash Wednesday, I saw him scrolling through reels, and I immediately "reacted". 🤭 I told him we definitely needed to sit down later for our Lenten planning.

After Mass, when we got home, I was ready and excited for our sit-down. But I felt like he didn’t share the same energy. On top of that, he still needed to finish some work—which meant more time taken from what I had already pictured in my head.😓

With my hormones—well, actually, my selfishness if I’m being honest—what followed wasn’t planning, but a unilateral cold war. I wanted our Lent to be perfect, yet here we were on Day 1… already failing. We eventually made peace before going to sleep and agreed to do the planning the next day. 🙏🏼

Then I remembered Fr. Paulraj’s Ash Wednesday homily about Jesus speaking to St. Francis of Assisi, asking him to rebuild His Church.

This photo was taken at the very place where that happened—the San Damiano Church, which Leo and I were blessed to visit last year.

Fr. Paulraj also reminded us that we are the Church that needs rebuilding. He asked: which areas of our “church” are dilapidated? I felt deeply convicted and humbled. I realized how many parts of me need restoring.

I wanted a perfect Lent, but God allowed an imperfect first day to remind me that this season is about His plan, not mine. That as much as I desire to give Him my best efforts, they can still be shallow attempts. What He truly wants isn’t my perfectly curated sacrifices.

He just wants my heart.
He just wants me.

May this Lenten season continually rebuild and restore the dilapidated areas of my church— in my relationship with myself, my husband, my family, and others.

This is how I can truly have a “perfect” Lent: by letting the hands of my perfect Father in heaven do the work in me. 🤍✝️

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22/02/2026

“O Lord,
save us from the temptations
and wiles of the evil one,
and grant us throughout this Lent,
to be strong in combat.

By your power may we conquer
the inclinations and passions of the body,
and with the help of your grace,
live according to your gospel.

We will glorify you,
your Father and the Holy Spirit,
now and for ever.
Amen. ”

— From the Maronite Office; Evening Prayer (Ramsho in Syriac. Vespers in Latin)

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