The priest guided our meditation as we knelt in adoration. “Close your eyes and imagine that you are opening the...

This last season of my life has been marked by a great wave of personal disappointments. My relationship unexpectedly ended....

I couldn’t wait to grow up. I couldn’t wait to get to middle school, to get my driver’s license, to...

He brings it up again during Adoration. The nudge, the call. Jesus has been tenderly stoking a near-absent fire in...

Today is the feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle. In the Gospel, we read the beautiful—yet, ya know, also gross—story...

I am the paralytic. The one that cannot bring myself to Him. I am the one lying on the stretcher,...

I lay in the quiet and try to focus my thoughts. I hear the shower running in the other room...

"I trust in the LORD; my soul trusts in his word" (Psalm 130:5). This year has been strange to say...

The first time I walked into the brick ranch on Smith Street I knew it was the one. My kids...

The priest extended his hand, saying, “I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Father the Son,...

If you've cared for a loved one who has been ill, or even witnessed from afar another's deep suffering, you...

Today's Responsorial from Psalm 137:6 refrain sticks to my heart: "Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever forget you!"...

The flight landed late, and for the life of me I couldn’t remember where I parked the car. After nearly...

When my mom was pregnant with me, my paternal grandmother suggested that my parents name me “Chika,” a shortened version...

I closed my eyes and sighed. I wanted five minutes, just five minutes to myself when I didn’t have to...

One of the most treasured experiences in my life is watching the sunrise. The way the light captivates the horizon...

There was a time when I believed I was too flawed and too sinful to be loved and healed by...