"It's not real until the moving truck pulls away from the empty house," I joke with other military wives. I...

Happy Easter, dear sister. Christ is risen! He is risen, indeed. Alleluia! What a privilege for us to proclaim this...

Around here Sundays are for a lot of things—celebration of the Mass, household chores, meeting with friends at the park...

When I was nine years old, I decided I wanted to be a writer. I think I subconsciously wanted to...

In my high school years, I had a poor habit of questioning the heavenly Father about why my life was...

I cannot fathom a scene that reveals any more deeply the profound respect Our Lord has for our freedom than...

I believe being betrayed by someone you love and trust is one of the greatest pains of a human life....

My dad sends my mom flowers every other week. The arrangements are simple, a dozen roses, some daisies, or her...

Growing up in a Jewish home, I have indelible memories of our yearly Passover celebration—the intense preparations of removing all...

My five months in Europe were some of the loneliest of my life. I usually found myself alone at Mass...

Today’s Psalm gives us this vivid passage: "The breakers of death surged round about me, the destroying floods overwhelmed me;...

I have a confession to make: my relationship with Mary has never been as great as I would like it...

Even though I was heartbroken a year ago when our local churches stopped offering public Masses, I was filled with...

I slammed the door and stomped to my car. If one more thing went wrong today, I was going to...

The older I get, the less I claim to know. The world, with all its complicated brokenness, has undone so...

Growing up, it was the most natural thing in the world that my dad’s first stop in the morning paper...

Ding! I groaned as I read the incoming text. “Did you happen to get to that letter of recommendation yet?”...