Our very first Lent book exclusively for men is coming out this year... and it's a special one. Father Innocent...

It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. // 1 Corinthians 13:7-8...

Friends, we have come to the end of our Prayer Pledge. Each year, this seems to sneak up on me,...

Sometimes hope looks a lot like perseverance.  I love the imagery in our Prayer Pledge's verse from Isaiah: when we...

It’s springtime in the Middle East and my 10-year-old recently planted seeds in our garden. He frequents the sun soaked...

The notion of “running on empty” is a common idea for many parents. We often feel like we are giving...

I couldn’t stop fidgeting from joint aches as I desperately searched for padded pews at Mass that day. My body...

What if he can’t fight this...? I wondered. My closest friend’s six-week-old baby boy was diagnosed with a rare terminal...

"Hoping against hope, Abraham believed, and thus became the father of many nations." // Catechism of the Catholic Church 1819...

It was a busy day at work when the phone rang. The tone of my husband instantly spelled dreadful news....

We visited our new neighbors recently. Among other things that adorned their living room, a large card table filled with...

Saint Francis de Sales' book The Introduction to the Devout Life made its way into my life early in my...

I attended a retreat for women writers in 2008 and had the privilege to study under Kentucky’s poet laureate at...

Soon after Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese Army in 1975, thousands of civilians were imprisoned. One of these was...

Until this year, I had never heard of the “Sunday of the Word of God.” I suppose I can give...

Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life. // Psalm 19:8 Love this from today's readings. Let His word dwell in...

My mind froze trying to grapple how a friend—someone who knew me so intimately—could betray me. I often chide and...