One time, at work, I was rewarded for having perfect attendance. I even got that award for having perfect attendance when I was in elementary
As a mother of a large family – twelve children ranging in age from four to 27 years – I am often asked this uncomfortable
In my family’s backyard are five fig trees. My grandfather planted the first one about 50 years ago. The rest came from rooted cuttings of
Recently I had the privilege of visiting my community’s mission in Luxembourg. The country of Luxembourg itself is quite small; thirty minutes suffice to drive
In titling this post I was primarily thinking of my own experience, specifically with regards to this awful-lousy-no-good-whole-food-plant-based diet I’ve been trying out. My intentions
I love to administer the Sacrament of Baptism for so many reasons. We are welcoming a new person into the Church! We are letting the
In accord with the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church, Mary is celebrated as the Queen of Heaven. The universal Church celebrates the feast
I still occasionally hear the old platitude of “Love the sinner; hate the sin.” I find, however, that in practice people are often much better
Catholic Churches in the United States and Canada and even in other parts of the world are under assault. But one must look hard to
Can God use what is best in us to show His love to the world? Can His light shine through us and reach others? Yes,
“How can we reclaim our Catholic culture?” a friend asked recently. Like so many millennial Catholics, he wanted to offer his kids more than the
We know a little bit about the fall of Lucifer, from Revelation 12, which talks about how a war in heaven broke out between the
I went to Byzantine Catholic vespers at the Ukrainian Catholic Church near my city recently. It was the first time I had gone, and I
Vanity of vanities! . . . All is vanity. What does a man gain by the toil at which he toils under the sun? .
I will never minimize the bursts of light that have come my way during my life, still come. However, my main source of light is
Most, if not all Christians, know about Jesus multiplying the loaves and fish. What many do not know, however, is that there were actually two
Human progression is less linear than we think, and we shouldn’t always expect the spiritual life to be a linear progression either. This point is
It’s been thirty-nine years since my husband Lino and I said our “I do’s” on the morning of June 12, 1982 in a Catholic church
God’s mercy and justice are perfect. And therein lays a conundrum for some. Just how, they wonder, does perfect mercy and justice work? In our
Off the Shelf 224 – David Wooton This week on Off the Shelf we hear a fantastic story from an ordinary guy just like you
We Catholic/Christians are called to “evangelize.” But for me, the word, evangelize, has always been intimidating. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary says that the word, evangelize, is
The Rosary is a beautiful prayer that has brought countless spiritual blessings on humanity. If you find it difficult to concentrate on the mysteries, why
