Devotions
Aging Souls
I am a student of human development. How people grow and change is something that drives me, fascinates me, and some days even baffles me. When you watch little children...
A Legacy of Love
Two years ago, I had the privilege of accompanying my 101-year-old grandmother, the matriarch of our Jewish family, to death’s door. Although I had spent years listening to her wise...
Beautiful Goodbyes
I’ve always had an aversion to saying good-bye. It is difficult to think that I might not see someone I treasure for a long time. I guess that’s why I...
Grasping at God the Father
A scream pierced the darkness. I awoke, dazed, as my husband stumbled from the bed to flip on the glaring light. It was our youngest, suffering one of his night...
Freedom in Obedience
In the nine verses that make up today’s Gospel passage there are two words that get repeated over and over: love and command, or commandment. (John 15:9-17) So what do...
Heaven Becomes Accessible
Every Sunday at Mass, we recite the Nicene Creed and proclaim our belief that Jesus “ascended into Heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.” (full prayer...
Complete Joy
“Whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you. Until now you have not asked anything in my name; ask and you will receive, so that your...
The Goodness of Every Friday
I was baffled as to how I had lived 19 years as Catholic without knowing this. The priest had just given a homily on the Church’s requirement to do penance...
Questioning in Love
Sometimes I'm glad that, in the scriptures, the Apostles are so often confused. I'm comforted in their questioning and repeated asking. Even when Christ explains things again, they still don't...
Designed to Seek Him
Have you ever had a season of life where the Lord feels distant? Where, try as you might, you just can’t seem to hear His gentle, quiet voice speaking to...
Where You Lead
There I was, staring at a positive pregnancy test, wondering why He allowed this to happen. I thought NFP was supposed to work! (It does, but alas, just an error...
We Will Prevail
They've always intrigued me, these unknown women of the New Testament who pop up throughout Acts and the epistles, showering the Saints of the early Church with shelter and provision...
