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
Recently my son took me out to lunch. As we sat in the booth at the restaurant eating our hamburgers I looked down at my
As a grad student in journalism, a number of my assignments come in the form of responding to a question, by way of an essay,
It has been years since I first felt God quietly calling me. At first I couldn’t understand what He was asking me to do. As time passed
When I was a child, I moved through life as if I was on a five-lane freeway. I traveled fast, full of confidence, and feeling
I knew it the instant I passed him on the two-lane highway. Red and blue lights flashed. He pulled over, flipped a U-turn and was
You are probably expecting to read about some out-of-this world experience that brought me face to face with the \”Father of Lies\”, but I have
The Church is back in Ordinary Time on its liturgical calendar. For a lot of people (including myself) there are a lot things about the
Today, my husband and I celebrate the tenth anniversary of our joint reception into the Catholic Church. We were confirmed at the Basilica of St.
I was complaining to my husband the other day that there aren’t any prominent married saints – at least none who actually lived the sacrament
I tried to make some sense of things that came undone in Jesus\’ life from the night of the Passover leading up to his death
Self esteem. A modern essential. Self esteem was a term invented by Sigmund Freud. The concept has taken wing since then, enhancing other modern philosophies.
The other day I was in the car with my 14 year old headed home from the store. The sun was beginning to set and the
Many years ago I received a book from my in-laws as a present for Mother’s day. It was a diary of sorts for me to
