It was August 2007. I was sitting in the waiting room of a tattoo parlor with sweaty hands. Trying to...

Do you ever wonder what you might have said to Jesus if you were in Saint Peter’s shoes? I think...

Today's story in the reading about Ruth has always made my sentimental heart swoon. Her passionate loyalty to her mother-in-law,...

About two months ago I decided I wanted to sit and read my entire Bible in one year. And while...

Jesus is gathering His disciples. One by one, they encounter Him and follow Him. Philip runs to find Nathanael. "We...

I have always found this Gospel passage to be difficult to accept. There's a strong part of me that craves...

In John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath, there is a scene where Ma Joad has no money and is...

In graduate school, one of my required classes was Pauline Literature. The priest who taught loved Saint Paul something mighty...

“Dada? Dada?” my son calls in his sweet, high voice. Leaning to peer out the window, his tiny feet stand...

Tears ran down my face as I stood frustrated in our little apartment kitchen not sure what to say. I...

My stomach twisted in the most breathtaking of knots while I washed the last of the dinner dishes. My forearms...

I have a horrible memory for written text. And for spoken word. And for episodes of shows. Basically just a...

Happy Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary! On this Holy Day of Obligation, at Mass you will...

The disciples have been up all night, being tossed about by waves. It’s sometime between three and six in the...

I used to get sick all the time. Throughout high school and college I seemed to live a chronic roller...

I have what you might call spiritual amnesia. The Lord has been so good to me, so patient, so generous,...

“Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully . . . . God...