Ever since childhood I was always taught to treat the Bible with a certain amount of respect. This included never setting it on the bare
In today’s first reading, the prophet Isaiah says, “The Lord has given me a well-trained tongue, that I might now how to speak to the
This is part VIII of a series on works of mercy which I have written for Lent. You can read part I, part II, part III, part
This is part VII of a series on works of mercy which I have written for Lent. You can read part I, part II, part III, part
Teaching always involves a curve ball. This past fall I taught “Introduction to Moral Theology and Ethics” at The Catholic University of America. For the
I remember when I first fell in love with movies. It was 1989, I was four years old and saw The Little Mermaid. While watching
This is part V of a series on works of mercy which I have written for Lent. You can read part I, part II, part III,
This is part IV of a series on works of mercy which I have written for Lent. You can read part I, part II, and part III
This coming Sunday, March 15th, 2015, is the Fourth Sunday in Lent (it is a bit crazy that we’re already there, but we are). You
This is part III of a series on works of mercy which I have written for Lent. You can read part I and part II first.
Many of us have been pilgrims, walking the paths saints have trod before us. How many of us have been saints, treading paths worthy of pilgrims yet
Images carry great power with them, and the images we surround ourselves with reflect something of who we are. The family photos we choose to
This is part II of a series on works of mercy which I have written for Lent. You can read part I first. Feed
For forty days Christ suffered in the desert, fasting and depriving Himself of comfort, choosing to undergo hardship and temptation for the sake of teaching
One of the pillars of Lent is almsgiving (and by extension, almsdeeds). On the surface, almsgiving and almsdeeds mean only to give away money or
The whisper of the Salve Regina echoes in my heart, a distant memory of chant at the Benedictine Monastery. …the January night sky glittered above
My husband isn’t trained to pause his video game and come downstairs to greet me when I get home after a long day. My husband
In reaction to the increasing physical immorality spreading through society today, and in an attempt to counter the message constantly being sold through advertising, movies,
[An exegesis and reflection on Mark 1:40-45] In the readings this week we may consider the primary themes that of ‘expulsion’ and ‘re-entry.’ A man,
As a young mother of a young baby, the opportunity to do something purely for my own entertainment comes around very rarely. On one of
I have been going about this all wrong. I have been making myself the victim to this tyranny I have projected onto God when, in
