Today we celebrate the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, one of Catholicism’s greatest Saints, reformers, and spiritual fathers. Famously,...

As the child of divorced parents and having to constantly travel back and forth between my mom's house and my...

I can't bring myself to fully read the Book of Job. I’m familiar with the basics of the story and...

When we were kids, my brother and I constantly were whining to our mom about fairness. He had a bigger...

A divided heart. How easy it is to let my eyes wander toward those around me, toward what is not...

When Mike and I were taking our Pre-Cana classes, we suddenly found things getting real. We had both heard of...

To be quite honest, I struggle with discouragement. I’m not a complainer or a pessimist, but I am a realist,...

It’s Wednesday. At our home there will be the hustle of breakfast, clothes, teeth, hair, shoes, book bags, pile in...

I’ve been open about this before, and maybe it’s a tired old story, but I struggle a lot with doubt...

I didn’t want to be seen. My wet hair hung bedraggled around my makeup-less face—sporting a fresh crop of glaring...

Today is the feast day of Saint Padre Pio. Among my Catholic friends, devotion to this modern Italian saint is...

My husband jokes that I have a black thumb, because every time I try to grow an herb, it dies....

STOP SCREAMING FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. (Picture me screaming.) It was one of those days. Everyone was moody and...

My earliest memories of faith playing a role in my life harken back to being tucked into bed as a...

The world feels so loud lately. If we can’t prove someone else wrong through superior reasoning, can we do it...

I felt it tear. As my feet met the hardwood floor, the pain reverberated throughout my body like a tidal...

In today’s Gospel, we hear the words we repeat at every Mass just before receiving Communion. “Lord, I am not...