
That’s the Way It Is
When you want it the most There’s no easy way out When you’re ready to go And your heart’s left in doubt Don’t give up

When you want it the most There’s no easy way out When you’re ready to go And your heart’s left in doubt Don’t give up

Having been raised according to the principles of Catholicism, I have always followed the Church’s teaching regarding the LGBTQIA+ community. I knew it was a

Once again, the Catholic Church has reached the point in its liturgical year called Ordinary Time. For most of my life, I have heard priests

This world continues its descent into chaos. Every morning I have to actively resist not falling prey to fear. The news is all about terrorism;

This past Sunday the Catholic Church celebrated the Solemnity of the Holy Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, also known as the feast of Corpus

This was the title of a song by the artist Dido. I listened to her music almost nonstop for a period during my teenage years.

When I was growing up, I thought it would be so cool to have that mysterious persona–a dark figure everyone noticed but no one really

Last week we celebrated the birthday of the Church — Pentecost. I am amazed I looked forward to this feast day so much; sometimes it

St. John of the Cross introduced the concept of the “Dark Night of the Soul.” The assumption is that if someone endures such a “dark

This was the title of a song composed by a well-known band of brothers, also known as the Jonas Brothers. They became popular while I

The new calendar year officially began in January and the new liturgical year started even before that. Nevertheless, the new Easter season seems to hold

“Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you’ve got Till it’s gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot.”

I have been falling from grace recently. My life has not been going the way I had anticipated. To make matters worse, I have given

As Advent draws to a close, hope arises in anticipation of our Savior’s birth. However, as my pastor reached the ambo to begin his homily,

I grew up hearing the story of Mr. Scrooge as often as I heard the story of the birth of the Christ child. My grandmother

I can still remember the sheer fear I experienced when I had to give up the doctor I had seen for my diabetes in Colorado.

Everyone references the old saying “the calm before the storm” in many of life’s most trying situations, but no one talks much about the calm

There has been so much hate, anger, and lies surrounding this election. People are claiming this election will be the most important one they have

I cannot remember a time in my life when I felt fully comfortable in my own skin. Looking in a mirror, I see only the

I was diagnosed with Type I diabetes when I was 18 years old. The condition had been unknown for at least three months during my

The current state of this world has caused me to withdraw from it in many ways. The depression I struggled with off and on my