The Veils by Lily Blog

September 30, 2025 On this day 128 years ago, St. Therese of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face met the Lord face to face. She is a remarkable saint of the ordinary whose desire to return love for
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July 23, 2025 This Friday marks the anniversary of Humanae Vitae, the encyclical that, for me, became the catalyst for making the Catholic faith my own. My parents modeled the faith beauti
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July 9, 2025 A thirty-five-year-old watchmaker and a twenty-seven-year-old lacemaker met on a bridge outside of town, and within three months they were married and deeply in love. Blessed with nine
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July 4, 2025 I'm walking across the grass to a picnic table. A car drives by - it's Cathy, our "chipper shipper," as we affectionately call her. She rolls down the window and hollers, "Hi, Lily!" I t
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June 21, 2025 | Eve of the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ How are we called to respond to the love and mercy that Jesus offers us through his true presence in the Eucharist?&nbs
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