As a wife and mother, I have several little routines which have become touchstones through the days, weeks and years. They are practices that are
Does the Mystical Body (or at least the portion represented by your parish) need a transplant? Is your parish missing some body parts? It could
Life is just a speck in time, it passes us by so quickly. There is a beginning and there is an end, but it is
A Tale of Two Christmases One of the defining moments for me on my journey to the Catholic Church was over Christmas Eve and Christmas
In Mark 10: 17 – 27, a disappointed rich young man walked away from Jesus when He told him what was needed to become perfect. Strangely
According to a reading from the second letter of St. Peter, “We await new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. … Therefore,
Every January 1st, many of us decide to come clean with our personal struggles and make resolutions to better ourselves in the days ahead. In
“There are difficult moments in life, but with hope the soul goes forward and looks ahead to what awaits us.” – Pope Francis When we
Looking back on my life I can truly say, God has been very patient with me and also very gracious toward me. But it
On May 1, 2018, the Benedictine Sisters of Virginia will celebrate their jubilee: that’s 150 years since the first Benedictine sisters, originally from Bavaria,
For maybe a few weeks or so during the Advent and Christmas seasons and into the New Year, many people take Charles Dickens’ message in
Ever since the creation of the world, His invisible attributes of eternal power and divinity have been able to be understood and perceived in what
Jesus sent out these twelve instructing them, … “Go … to the lost sheep … As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The kingdom of heaven
In my last article, I discussed the idea of the lay vocation: that all are called to serve God using their talents in ordinary living,
Recently before the start of Mass, I was going over the readings. Though I don’t normally pay attention to the reflection above the first reading,
We receive the virtue of faith at Baptism, and that faith empowers us to believe in the unseen God. It is the virtue of faith that
Can I be detached from the things of this world? Can I love God first and foremost, and be detached from anything that gets in
The woman walked into the sign shop. She needed to order a banner for her daughter’s swim team and knew the owners of this shop
One hundred years ago, the Blessed Mother came to three shepherd children in Portugal in a series of apparitions we call by the name of
I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body
Let’s imagine a scenario that may be all too familiar to many of us. It’s about living the American dream. John had always dreamed of
Out of all the commandments, we are given throughout Scripture, there is one that smacks me in the face multiple times every day. While most
