“Time for la sieste!” The lilting French voice floated to me through the stairwell. “Okay, just a minute!” I called...

God calls Moses by name in the First Reading today. Have you heard Him call you by name today? Moses...

Recently, I've received some very significant healing in my life. It's not yet full or complete in its entirety, but...

What is it about the Gospel message that makes us want to fight it? Jesus knew that His message, His...

When spring came, Saturdays became family yard work and gardening days at Casa de la Breen. As a child, I...

Y’all know the heaving sobs. The kind that take over your body because the pain is so great. The error...

“You will be given at that moment what you are to say. For it will not be you who speak...

Growing up, I would often hear the same few stories from my parents. They were the go-to stories. You know...

There is a widely quoted Saint Teresa of Calcutta saying that goes, “If you want to bring peace to the...

Much ink has been spilled this year over "the Benedict Option," Rod Dreher's sweeping cultural assessment adjuring Christians to create...

For many years I was the queen of diminish and dismiss. My friends lauded me for my ability to forgive...

Yesterday, I sat on my porch singing into my phone as a dear friend sat on her couch strumming her...

With our modern eyes it can be so easy to see the story of Jacob and Esau and think it...

If you ever have the privilege to wander around Rome, you will undoubtedly stumble across a Caravaggio. The city is...

I am often paralyzed by my sin. I am very good at hiding it with my busy-ness. I couldn’t possibly...

Sarah was old and had always been barren so, according to the customs of the time, she told her husband...

Why am I terrified, Lord? Because I don’t know the way from here to the ending. I don’t know what...