Far too many times, I’ve let Sundays be my catch-all days. My “I didn’t have time to get this done...

I recently got a Netflix account. I know, it’s been around a while. But I have been trying to avoid...

When despair grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my...

My friend told me he is gay. I love him dearly but he wants me to celebrate him coming out....

For just as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the...

Coming up with something to give up for Lent was easy as a child. I would give up my soda...

The Lord is kind and merciful. // Psalm 103:8a Download these beautiful free wallpapers from Abigail Katherine Rose from today's...

It had been a “bleak midwinter” in West Michigan, to say the least. I did not experience the normal delight...

Valley of Our Lady Monastery is a community of Cistercian nuns who live a life of contemplative prayer according to...

The Works of Mercy are charitable actions by which we come to the aid of our neighbor in his spiritual...

If you choose you can keep the commandments, they will save you; if you trust in God, you too shall...

I was in my car when the 1985 song, “The Search is Over,” by Surrender came on the radio. I...

The humanity of St. Peter has always captivated me—from his declaration at the Transfiguration that building tents is the best...

I am always amazed by the economy of a good short story. Authors like Flannery O'Connor, for example, teach us...

You are the light of the world. // Matthew 5:14 Download these beautiful free wallpapers from Zelie and Lou from...

I see Him in the most unlikely of places now. He appears in my peripheral vision as I pray, when...

In her deep anguish, Hannah prayed to the Lord, weeping bitterly. And she made a vow, saying: Lord Almighty, if...