I entered the Catholic Church as a young adult after a self-imposed exile from my childhood faith. When I told...

When was the best day of your life? Do you like to go back and relive the beauty of that...

There’s a whole lot of encouragement happening in the First Reading. It’s mentioned at least ten times! But it’s not...

I am writing this at my nine-year-old daughter's bedside in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. The last six weeks have...

I was talking to my mom recently about a foul mood that I could not shake. It lasted for days,...

Having served a Youth Minister for nine years, I have heard a lot of unique questions from many young people....

“Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God,” we hear Jesus instruct in the...

Blessed is the man who fears the Lord. (Psalm 112:1b) Fear. Not that scary kind of fear. Not that fear...

We were packed in like sardines—sweaty, exhausted, ravenous—yet, no one really minded. It was July 2002 in Toronto, Canada, at...

I have a great affection for the writer of today’s Gospel. Saint John the Beloved Disciple earned said title when...

“Instead they had some issues with him about their own religion, and about a certain Jesus who had died.” (Acts...

Sometimes it just feels like a lose-lose situation. You find yourself in a conversation over social media, and no matter...

I was on an anniversary vacation with my husband when my phone made the familiar “ding” in response to a...

A night owl and city girl moved to a little convent in the country. She left behind a life she...

In the world you will have trouble . . . You have mouths to feed at home, and you’ve been...

Based on 7th Sunday of Easter readings One thing that surprises me almost daily about mothering teens and young adults...

"Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name He will give you.” That should...