In an interesting talk between Bishop Barron and Jordan Peterson, Jordan Peterson talks about how people fill up auditoriums by the thousands to hear him
I struggled recently, feeling attacked from all sides. I am raising two teenage boys, and a tween daughter and there are days I feel defeated.
Do you ever feel like you have been abandoned by God? Maybe you are in a bad season of suffering, battling depression or desolation in
To permit the grace of God to act in us and to produce in us (with the cooperation…of our will, our intelligence, and our capabilities)
As I ponder current events, I find myself wanting to move and join the exodus from the state of Illinois. However, my husband and I
The Church’s teaching that we must have both trust in God and “fear of the Lord” seems contradictory at first glance. Recently, reflections from an
Several years ago when I was at university, the chaplain suggested we consider taking something up, rather than giving something up, for Lent. No, he
As I was preparing to leave for college way too long ago, my dad told me to be sure to introduce myself to the “young
Online Catholics I’ve recently been discouraged by a number of responses to Catholics asking advice on the internet. Usually, a sincere Catholic posts a question
Unimaginable Loss Tragedy struck our family in February of this year. My 47-year-old aunt Jeannine, with whom I was close, committed suicide during a night
A month or two ago I started wondering about the Christmas season. Specifically, I wondered why it seemed so much more magical to me as
I have trust issues. It’s precisely this fact about me which limits my public self-revelation, and which more than anything else explains why I’m still
One of the most common early Church titles of our Lady is “the Valiant Woman.” She is the one we run to in distress, looking
Knowing God has a plan for my good can be of great comfort especially for people, like me, who suffer from crippling anxiety. Social media
With the early days of the Lenten season now upon us, perhaps, like me, you already find the prospect of so many weeks ahead until
I walked into Wal-Mart in Dearborn and seemed out of place because I was white and buying alcohol. (Dearborn is a Detroit suburb with the
The Mass readings for this last Sunday, August 7, have as their common theme trust in the Lord. Another word for this trust is
In my last article, I wrote about my Rome semester. Obviously, my journey through the Eternal City contained lots of different experiences, both good and
“Why did God let that happen??” We have all had the experience of pondering why something bad or disappointing happened to us. It is
Early one brisk January evening a few years ago, I was driving to a speaking engagement at a parish in North Seattle. As I exited
The secret to authentic interior freedom goes against every fiber of our being. The answer to every crisis, every threat we will face in our
There are many lessons to be learned from reading Holy Scripture, but in my opinion, one of the most important lessons to be learned is
My husband called on his way home from work, tired and hungry. He had been in Atlanta since before the sun came up, and now
Ephemeral Hope I possess an intellectual spirituality that makes me shy away from an outward display of faith filled emotions. I prefer internal intensity. Also,
