I have a time-wasting problem. One that I have confessed again and again for years, and I know that to...

Think of a time in which you were misunderstood. Maybe it was a small matter, or perhaps it was a...

The Blessed Virgin Mary is the disciple of Jesus par excellence. As the Mother of Jesus, she was closer to...

Oh man, the scrapbook moments of life are awesome, aren’t they? Do you ever scroll through your phone’s camera roll...

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The summer before my junior year of college was one of the most exciting and terrifying seasons of my life....

Have you noticed how every generation has a label? The “civic generation” always put others first. The “baby boomers” are...

I wrestle my way out of my coat, hat, neck gater, mittens, and snow pants. They fall wet and forgotten...

In my adult life, I move quite a bit. In fourteen years, I've lived in six different places, five different...

None of us have only one identity. At least, I don’t. I have numerous identities and they have evolved over...

He left everything. All his riches, all his comforts. Just walked away from it without a second glance to follow...

Today is the feast day of Saint Katharine Drexel, one of only two recognized American-born saints. I find her life...

There’s something heroic that happens when your toes converge with the edge of fear, when they graze the line between...

Ash Wednesday First Reading: Joel 2:12-18 Even now, says the LORD, return to me with your whole heart, with fasting,...

Tuesday of the Eight Week in Ordinary Time First Reading: Sirach 35:1-12 To keep the law is a great oblation,...

Monday of the Eight Week in Ordinary Time First Reading: Sirach 17:20-24 To the penitent God provides a way back,...