Imagining the reactions and thoughts of Saint Peter is something I never tire of as I read the Gospels. He...

"Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me" (Mark 8:34). I read...

"I'm sorry, my mouth is so bad," a young woman tells me with downcast eyes and a look of shame...

“It will take patience and work, and it’ll hurt at times; but we’re going to get you taken care of.”...

“Do you still not understand?” (Mark 8:21) They had dumped the paltry remains of my favorite granola, half into the...

It was the adventure of a lifetime. Six breathtaking days up the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, starting first in lush...

Another late night phone call, going back and forth over what the Church teaches on this and that it ended...

I have been troubled by the same question that burdens many women, “Am I enough?” This question seeps into our...

I gazed out at idyllic sweeping meadows and the soaring Alps above me, almost convinced I'd been dropped in the...

I am not sure if you have had the chance to Taylor Swift’s most recent album, Lover, but there is...

I sit sipping coffee on the couch of a friend. We get caught up on each other's kids, our husbands'...

My eyes were blurry with tears and my heart ached as I typed out the date in my email: February...

When I read today’s Gospel (Mark 6:53-56) about how needy people follow Jesus wherever He goes, I often find myself...

Growing up, I was scared of the dark. I would bound upstairs like a gazelle from the basement after turning...

As I write, I’m sitting in a waiting room, again. More lumps, more biopsies. I’m thinking, “Jesus, You’ve seen my...

I pray daily, hourly even. Cultivating this habit has taken years, sprouting more from sufferings than from joy and gratitude....

The doctors told the hospital chaplain that our son would not live for long. With tenderness, Monsignor offered to confirm...