I've prayed quite a few "why" prayers lately. Lord, why is my daughter suffering? Why did that relationship hurt so...

I closed my eyes in prayer, and after a few minutes, I imagined Jesus with me. I spoke to Him...

I often find myself thinking about freedom, seeking greater freedom. At those times I turn to the gift of the...

Unsure of whether I was too late, I parked outside my favorite coffee shop, hoping to grab a Sunday morning...

I was in Kindergarten, and my favorite day of the week had arrived: Sunday. Not only would there be donuts...

Many years ago, someone close to me was involved in a serious car accident. It changed her life dramatically as...

I was driving on the 405 North in Los Angeles; it was the summer of 2018 and the scandals of...

One of my earliest memories as a little girl was watching a documentary on the work of Mother Teresa from...

"Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him and we will come to him" (John...

I'm often looking for opportunities to love big. You know—random acts of kindness, a grand gesture, a real measure of...

Today's reading from Tobit is heavy. Sarah, daughter of Raguel, was married seven times. Each husband died on the night...

My late teen years. Full of slammed doors, the silent treatment, and sassy remarks. It’s what you would imagine a...

"Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, “Most blessed are you among women,...

I don’t remember her name, but I can still picture the freckles on her nose and the tight curls of...

I find that my most stressful days tend to be the ones in which I cling to my own vision...

As I look at the date on the calendar, I feel a squeezing in my heart. My oldest graduates from...

I love the courage the blind man had in today's Gospel reading—to continuously call out for Jesus, to continuously ask...