I spent many of my formative years during college and beyond under the guidance of priests and brothers from a...

In the room that I shared with my sister while we were growing up, we had a small, glow-in-the-dark statue...

“Give me a drink.” (John 4:7) These are the words of the Lord to us this day as we come...

One might be tempted to think that it must have been easy for Mother Teresa to be united to the...

After my time as a missionary in a foreign country had come to an end and the convent life before...

Mother Teresa spent hours each day in prayer before the start of her service to the poor and at the...

Most of us have seen some romantic comedies—whether as teenagers, in our hopeless college years, or perhaps even later on...

The first time I was “stopped in my tracks” by Mother Teresa was when I was a teenager. I sat...

Therefore, I will now allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her… And I will...

What if we could live the Mass as our highest prayer no matter the circumstance? The stress from work, the...

I always had a problem with my name growing up. I wondered why my parents didn’t give me an easy-to-pronounce...

In the tradition of the Church, Bartholomew and Nathaniel are the same person. Think of Nathaniel as his first name...

Imagine it is a hot day, one of those time-stands-still-sweat-pouring-out-of-you kind of days. You go to reach in your bag...

As I sat in the back of the empty desert chapel, I remembered I was not alone, but with Jesus....

My husband and I were only four months into our marriage when we suffered our first miscarriage. We had so...

Every Divine Mercy Sunday, I am filled with gratitude for the Gospel that is read at Mass. I have always...

I couldn’t believe what I had just heard: “Be open to discerning everything all over again.” How could this be...