I was in my car when the 1985 song, “The Search is Over,” by Surrender came on the radio. I...

The humanity of St. Peter has always captivated me—from his declaration at the Transfiguration that building tents is the best...

I see Him in the most unlikely of places now. He appears in my peripheral vision as I pray, when...

In her deep anguish, Hannah prayed to the Lord, weeping bitterly. And she made a vow, saying: Lord Almighty, if...

I think I watched too many episodes of Friends and Golden Girls in my formative years. I grew up with...

Our daughter often falls asleep on the drive home from Mass. Sadly, she is not the kind of toddler who...

I was on the phone with a friend, talking about living with anxiety and getting ready to go back to...

Honoring the Sacred Heart in the world is a practice of both/and. We have interior work to do, which naturally...

Recently, I was listening to a homily by Fr. Mike Schmitz in which he recounts a comment he heard by...

There are two striking touch points that Pope St. John Paul II includes in this excerpt which I find comforting:...

Before I met my husband, I was so annoyed by people with boyfriends. They spent all their time together, talking...

“The world will be saved by beauty,†we hear. These words consoled Dorothy Day, which tell us a great deal...

In the musical Wicked, the popular Galinda gives a makeover to her nerdy, offbeat roommate. Galinda presents herself as the...

There is a park I love and hate to take my kids to when it gets really hot. It is...

Two things washed over me as I listened to the lyrics of Matt Maher’s song, Garden...

Upon becoming a new dad, a friend of mine described the experience of bringing a new baby into a room...

For a long time, my husband and I didn’t pray together the way we do now. We’d been together in...