Elizabeth Scalia, Author at Word on Fire

Elizabeth Scalia

Contributor

Elizabeth Scalia is a Benedictine Oblate and author of several books including the award-winning Strange Gods: Unmasking the Idols in Everyday Life (Ave Maria Press) and Little Sins Mean a Lot (OSV). Formerly the Word on Fire Editor-at-Large, she also served as Editor-in-Chief of the English edition of Aleteia and as Managing Editor of the Catholic section of Patheos.com. Elizabeth blogs as “The Anchoress” at www.theanchoress.com. She is married and living on Long Island.

The Justice and Mercy of Christ’s Healing Power

Everyday “Miracles”: Mysteries of the Seen and Unseen

How the Liturgical Hours Soften Our Stony Hearts

Keep the Crucifix Before Your Eyes and Let it Teach You

Making Ready for the Holy: “A Man Will Meet You . . .”

“Yes, but…”: Reasoned Debate and the Spice of Loyalty

Why Recall the Annunciation? Because it Teaches the Primary Lesson

The Crown and Cross of St. Frances of Rome

Why Aren’t There More Nuns to Help With the ‘Nones’?

Moses’ Stark Choice Lies Before Us: All or Nothing

“Moonstruck” Delivers a Great Ash Wednesday Homily

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Glorious and Free Empty Sky

How “Nice” Do I Have to Be for Jesus to Love Me?

Persevering in Love Is Sometimes the Hardest Thing

Re-reading “Laudato Si” as Admonishment and Invitation

Herod and the Magi: The Death of Innocence

Slow Down; Stay With Christmas. It’s Allowed

Here Comes Everybody: The Crowded Road to Jerusalem

When Jesus Called My Sons, I Wanted to Know What For

Jackie Kennedy’s Veil and the Weight of Apocalypse

The 5-Word Philosophy That Still Speaks to Me

The Abuse Uncovered Should Cause Trembling in the Church

When Hating God and the World Seems Reasonable

St. Luke: A Good Reader, Observer, and Listener

2 Great Books to Complete the Year of St. Joseph

St. Thérèse of Lisieux and the Demand of Love

Gifts of Youth: Better Than All Our Sophistications

From Mary to Philip Neri: Lessons in Detached Cooperation

Social Media and Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places

Don’t Be So Shocked—The Saints Never Were

Amadeus: Hope Is Born Within the Creation Cooperative

‘I AM’ Is Here, and Is Concerned—Yes, About You

The Pursuit of Healing: Can Our Traumas Be Transcended Through Time?

Resisting the Great Christian Adventure

The Pulse and the Ache of God

A Sign, High and Deep: What Is it God Wants of Us?

For Lent, Let’s Imagine Scripture to Refresh Our Prayer

Lenten Reading Suggestions for 2021 from the Word on Fire Institute

Bl. Dom Justo Takayama, Samurai and Martyr

Anna the Prophetess, and the Temple Spark

This Angry, Unkind World Needs “The Year of Saint Joseph”

Until There is Light: A Litany for the Nativity of Christ

Christmas Fiction: I Hate Being a Shepherd…

Flesh and Blood: What Are We Willing to Give of Them?

2020 Makes for a Very Hard Wait

Is God Really Grasping Your Right Hand?

God Is Not Tearing the Nation or World Apart: We Do That

Advent Reading: These Books Can Help Bring the Light