--- title: Blog Posts – Church Life Journal | Grace Agolia description: Grace Agolia (’17) is a junior Theology major and Catholic Social Tradition minor at the University of Notre Dame and an undergraduate fellow at the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy. --- Search [![churchlife](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Churchlife_Aug2016_Theme/Images/church-life-journal-white-horizontal-1.png)](http://churchlife.nd.edu/) - [Essays](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays) - [Articles](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles) - [Blog](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post) - [Contributors](http://churchlife.nd.edu/contributors/) All posts filed under: BLOG POSTS ## Grace Agolia ![](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Author_images/McGrath%20Logo%20Stamp.png) Grace Agolia (’17) is a junior Theology major and Catholic Social Tradition minor at the University of Notre Dame and an undergraduate fellow at the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy. ### Recent Posts [![](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Lamb-of-God-crop.jpg)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/05/03/the-mass-for-millennials-lamb-of-god) ## [The Mass for Millennials: Lamb of God](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/05/03/the-mass-for-millennials-lamb-of-god) Published by [Grace Agolia](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/author/grace-agolia) Many of us struggle with the “presence in absence” of God in the Eucharist. It is hard to believe that our God, incarnate in Jesus Christ, is really and actively present with us in the Eucharist, which seems to be just mundane, ordinary bread and wine. When faced with this feeling of doubt or even apathy, I find that the “Lamb of God” impels me to confront the “presence-in-absence” of God in the E... Share - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [May 03, 2016](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/05/03/the-mass-for-millennials-lamb-of-god) [Blog Posts](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/blog-post) / [Eucharist](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/eucharist) / [Jesus Christ](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/jesus-christ) / [Lamb of God](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/lamb-of-god) / [liturgy](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/liturgy) / [Mass for Millennials](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/mass-for-millennials) / [Paschal mystery](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/paschal-mystery) [![](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/ordination-large.jpg)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/04/28/the-mass-for-millennials-the-our-father) ## [The Mass for Millennials: The Our Father](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/04/28/the-mass-for-millennials-the-our-father) Published by [Grace Agolia](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/author/grace-agolia) “Dude. The Lord’s Prayer is eschatological!” Share - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [April 28, 2016](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/04/28/the-mass-for-millennials-the-our-father) [Blog Posts](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/blog-post) / [Mass for Millennials; Mystagogy; Easter; Our Fathe](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/mass-for-millennials-mystagogy-easter-our-father) [![](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Tanner-Annunciation-crop.jpg)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/04/13/god-in-the-silence-full-of-grace) ## [God in the Silence: Full of Grace](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/04/13/god-in-the-silence-full-of-grace) Published by [Grace Agolia](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/author/grace-agolia) Silence is both a terrible and a beautiful thing. But how does one describe silence? Since I was born profoundly deaf in both ears, I know silence quite intimately. Even though I use a hearing device called a cochlear implant for my right ear, I am still able to encounter silence whenever I turn off my cochlear implant, and from my experience, I can tell you that the silence of the hearing world i... Share - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [April 13, 2016](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/04/13/god-in-the-silence-full-of-grace) [Blog Posts](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/blog-post) / [silence](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/silence) / [deafness](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/deafness) / [Full of Grace](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/full-of-grace) / [Notre Dame](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/notre-dame) [![](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/1-21-WEB.jpg)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/03/30/the-mass-for-millennials-sign-of-the-cross) ## [The Mass for Millennials: Sign of the Cross](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/03/30/the-mass-for-millennials-sign-of-the-cross) Published by [Grace Agolia](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/author/grace-agolia) *“In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.”* Share - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [March 30, 2016](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/03/30/the-mass-for-millennials-sign-of-the-cross) [Blog Posts](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/blog-post) / [Easter](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/easter) / [Mass](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/mass) / [Sign of the Cross](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/sign-of-the-cross) / [Grace Agolia](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/grace-agolia) / [Millennials](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/millennials) [![](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/FeedBirds.jpg)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/03/14/lenten-tuppence) ## [Lenten Tuppence](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/03/14/lenten-tuppence) Published by [Grace Agolia](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/author/grace-agolia) During Lent, we tend to hear an increased emphasis on three pillars of Christian practice:  prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.  This particular reflection will be about the third pillar, almsgiving, along with some pertinent advice from Mary Poppins, who teaches the Banks family about the value of charity. Share - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [March 14, 2016](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/03/14/lenten-tuppence) [Blog Posts](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/blog-post) / [almsgiving](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/almsgiving) / [Lent](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/lent) / [graceagolia](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/graceagolia) [![](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/ComputerScience.jpg)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/02/09/contemplating-the-cosmos) ## [Contemplating the Cosmos: An Introduction](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/02/09/contemplating-the-cosmos) Published by [Grace Agolia](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/author/grace-agolia) I remember that when I was applying to Notre Dame, one of the questions I was asked on my application was this: “Why should we care about the rings of Saturn?” That question really intrigued me, and I believe I wrote something along these lines: If there were no universe surrounding this planet Earth, then human beings would have very little reason to think about their existence and be drawn to co... 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