My friend told me he is gay. I love him dearly but he wants me to celebrate him coming out....

I am not feeling particularly good at this "fostering faith" thing right now. I thought I was. But, in our...

For just as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the...

As I’m writing this, I am 34 weeks pregnant. My to-do list feels a mile long, filled with tasks varying...

Am I the only one wondering how Lent has already arrived? It feels like just yesterday I was decorating my...

“Let go of the life you imagined for the life God has ready for you.” How many times have you...

Coming up with something to give up for Lent was easy as a child. I would give up my soda...

The Lord is kind and merciful. // Psalm 103:8a Download these beautiful free wallpapers from Abigail Katherine Rose from today's...

It had been a “bleak midwinter” in West Michigan, to say the least. I did not experience the normal delight...

Valley of Our Lady Monastery is a community of Cistercian nuns who live a life of contemplative prayer according to...

It was the first full week of January. My children were back in school, and life was slowly returning to...

The Works of Mercy are charitable actions by which we come to the aid of our neighbor in his spiritual...

If you choose you can keep the commandments, they will save you; if you trust in God, you too shall...

The feast of St. Claude de la Colombiere is very timely, as it lands on the day after Valentine’s Day....

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

Last fall, there was a terrible commotion down the street from me—firetrucks and police cars were everywhere, blocking the road....

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