This year the Gospel reading for Laetare Sunday included the parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32), an appropriate choice as we paused to break
The Resurrection Means… The Resurrection means that Jesus has been swept up out of the world of space and time in which he’d lived before,
Last year, I wrote an article called Personalizing the Passion. After much thought, I decided to follow up on that article with a slightly different
I never have been a big fan of winter. Give me 90-degree temperatures with a chance to wear shorts and a T-shirt rather than 20
“Put Out into the Deep” In the missionary community of which I am a part, one of our charisms is receptivity. Why is that? At the
Pope Francis has, once again, gotten himself in trouble with those bloggers who are often more than ready to criticize his every word. This time,
Some place very busy, some age modern, there was a woman who woke alone on Christmas Day. She was in her car. When she lifted her
[Editor’s Note: This article was first published on Catholic Stand, December 6, 2014. We are republishing here for your holiday enjoyment.] With Christmas coming up
[Editor’s Note: This article was first published on Catholic Stand, December 2, 2014. We are republishing here for your holiday enjoyment.] So much popular Christmas
[Editor’s Note: This article was first published on Catholic Stand, December 12, 2014. We are republishing here for your holiday consideration, since the message is
Christmas is such a beautiful time of year. Family, friends, and neighbors are welcomed into our homes with loving arms as we anticipate the birth
Everywhere I go these days, it’s cold. The official beginning of winter is less than three weeks away, and here in the Midwest the temperatures
For much of my adult life I have lived in areas that really offered only three of the four seasons. In the Deep South summer
“We had the experience but missed the meaning, / And approach to the meaning restores the experience / In a different form, beyond any meaning
Jesus’ last words on the Cross contain a burning question: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Mark 15:34). Now that the Triduum
In sharing what seemed like a simple, informative item about Seder, I was met with much confusion and a charge of Anti-Semitism. It all began when I posted this audio on
Holy week is always a very busy week in our household. Both my husband and myself are involved in ministries that work hard this week
“We are an Easter people, and ‘Alleluia’ is our song!” These words are attributed to St. John Paul II. And, indeed, he did deliver them;
With the third blood moon in a tetrad approaching on Easter, and colliding on a Jewish Feast Day, prophecies are swirling about important events to stun
I have never much enjoyed Lent; of course the purpose of Lent is not enjoyment. Repentance, mortification, fasting casts for me a gray pallor over
It is Lent and no doubt, we are in the full swing of the things we said we would do or what we would give
“Yet even now – oracle of the Lord – return to me with your whole heart… For he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger,
This year I was so ready for Lent, and that was something different for me. Many other years Lent has crept up on me, and
“Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of
