Since becoming a father I can’t even count the number of times I have heard variations of “Oh, you’ll see, just wait. Once you have
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
Today is the 500th birthday of Saint Teresa of Avila, one of the greatest mystics and spiritual writers of the Church. When I think about
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
Life has brought a lot of changes for me over the last year. This time last year I was a Green Beret, deployed with my
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
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
“Rising very early before dawn, he left and went off to a deserted place, where he prayed. Simon and those who were with him pursued
Last week I spent some time in south Florida. To relax and unwind I disconnected from my material world and meandered on the beach.
Discerning God’s will in our lives can be a difficult and confusing endeavor most of the time. I can still remember hearing the many epic
“And hearing this, Jesus said to them, ‘It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did
Arriving home from grocery shopping one afternoon, I sensed an imminent meltdown from my 9 month old son. He was overtired and still upset that
This time of year is usually filled with traditions: both family traditions and liturgical traditions, which shape our experience of Christmas. Traditions serve a great
I imagine angels to be like responsible teenagers asked to babysit their toddler siblings. I’m sure that my own guardian angel is often exasperated with
The first time I went to Europe came about when my essay was chosen to receive a mostly paid pilgrimage to Assisi and Rome. $800
I have been living in fear. I have been fearful that God will take away the things I love – my children, my husband, family
If studying the saints has taught me anything, it is that there are many ways to travel the narrow road to Heaven. While some lived
Summer happens to be not a particularly favorite season of mine. As a very fair skinned person, summer is a constant reminder of my need
Have you ever met someone who just seems to radiate Christ with every fiber of his or her being; where you can just see their love
In the classic Bill Murray flick Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil is called a “prognosticator of prognosticators.” Catholics could borrow that phrase and apply it to St.
It is a dog-eat-dog world out there. And I wonder, how much do we let this affect our spiritual lives? Every TV show from Biggest
