I will never forget our family vacation to Wyoming when I was 20 years old. The only reason I went...

"The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone." In construction terminology (which you may be completely unfamiliar with,...

"Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD . . . He is like a tree planted by water,...

You do not know what you are asking. How many times do we do this? Fall on our knees, beg...

You have heard the phrase so many times in many different forms . . ."Talk the talk and Walk the...

  The readings today feel like a divine whack with a two-by-four from the Holy Spirit. Whack! Boom! Ouch! One...

Over half a century ago Richard Wilbur wrote a poem called “Plain Song for Comadre” about a woman who cleans...

There they are, old friends from college. Not really friends, we still run in the same circle, though. Insensitive during...

Today’s readings from Ezekiel and Matthew can be pretty well summed up by another familiar Bible verse, Luke 12:48: “To...

Act, and God will act. Saint Joan of Arc It is the year 2015. We live in the "future," a...

‘Tis the season for Catholics everywhere to mark our heads with ash, give up chocolate, eat fried fish on Fridays,...

Have you ever spoken and felt like your words fell on deaf ears? Maybe it was in the context of...

Rules, so many rules. At first glance, you, too, will probably notice today’s readings are chock full of rules. Of...

How is your Lent going, so far, sisters? Do you, like me, get frustrated with yourself sometimes because you feel...

When I was seven, a classmate accused me of stealing her bracelet. In fact, she had given it to me...

Why do you fast? Fasting is both an Old Testament and New Testament practice. We mostly look to it as...

You already did it today. When you rolled over and kissed your husband good morning. Or when you threw on...