As Holy Mother Church plans the World Meeting of Families, my husband and I are approaching our 40th wedding anniversary. As a child bride of
If there is any process that can take your sense of hope, doubt, faith and trust, put all of them in a blender and see
Trendy — it’s all the rage in today’s works of charity. Never mind that the theological virtue of Charity should be a staple in the
I sat quietly in a small room at the hospital waiting to pick up x-rays to take to my doctor. I had discovered a lump
The cool waters of the shoreline keep lapping at my ankles, and I sink deeper into the spiky sand with the pull of each outgoing
We have seen them in our imagination when we first hear of a pregnancy. We may see them in an ultrasound and marvel as they show
Facebook is a vastly overused, much maligned facet of social media. Of that there can be no denial. We’ve all read stories of mothers neglecting their
At our parish, we have a beautiful practice that our priest instituted when he came five years ago. Each Sunday a family is asked to
The Catechism of the Catholic Church upholds the biblical directive that parents are the first (and most important) teachers of their children. What we
I felt guilty as I told my five-year old daughter that we weren’t going to pray the rosary one night. She had come to me
The process by which I answered the call to veil myself was slow discernment. As a list maker, I began to weigh the pros and
A few days ago, a friend sent me an article titled, “10 Beliefs Christians Have That Really Mess Us Up.” I read through the article
The only thing better than seeing a long lost friend is catching up on the twists and turns of your lives. Last night, I happily
I read this piece by Simcha Fisher that was a response to this piece by Emma Smith on Catholic Exchange. I thought I would add
As we journey through the forty days of Lent, it’s easy to lose our focus. Even if we remain faithful to our Lenten sacrifices, we
As I was driving home the other day from the store, I looked on in awe and wonder at the signs of spring evident in
Fasting isn\’t always about not eating food. It can mean giving up something we find pleasurable for the sake of refocusing on Christ. Something inside
Growing up, I looked up to the saints as the ideal role models. If I wanted to explore or learn about new places, stories of
It began because I\’d put off housecleaning. (It\’s bad for me spiritually to do this because then I get vexed by time constraints in addition
We live in a modern world. We are often blinded by distractions and every now and then we need to be reminded of simple things
\”Other seed fell on rocky ground where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep… And some seed fell on
As I sat patiently in the airport waiting for my plane to arrive, I quietly watched the people around me. I wondered where they were
If you are like me, the first time you heard that the laity could be members of a religious order, what went through your
Reading John Darrouzet\’s recent article \”Do You See Miracles? Our Ruby Story\” inspired this post as it motivated me to share one of my miraculous
