WHAT POPE FRANCIS TAUGHT ME ABOUT MERCY

As we mourn the passing of our Holy Father, I think about the effect of his pontificate on me. Pope Francis’s relentless passion for...

RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME

I think we have all experienced instances of “wrong place at the wrong time” as well as “right place at the right time”. Sometimes,...

ST. JOHN VIANNEY

MEMORIAL: AUGUST 4 St. John Vianney, or the Cure de Ars, was born during the French Revolution which rendered Catholicism illegal. He received all of...

WHAT POPE FRANCIS TAUGHT ME ABOUT MERCY

As we mourn the passing of our Holy Father, I think about the effect of his pontificate on me. Pope Francis’s relentless passion for...

RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME

I think we have all experienced instances of “wrong place at the wrong time” as well as “right place at the right time”. Sometimes,...

“I HAVE DONE YOUR WILL, LET ME NOT BE...

The Word of God is meant to be read humbly. It is not meant to be consumed and manipulated. Rather it is meant to...

AUGUST 2025 KID’S CORNER

August 2025 Kid's CornerDownload

YOU’RE (NOT) GOING TO MISS THIS

At least once a week, I pull out my trusty bottle of Windex and the same worn rag and have a go at my...

FROM WATCHING TO DOING: CREATING A LOVE OF SERVICE...

Come this fall, I will have been a parent for a decade. It’s hard to imagine, for a number of reasons, but my oldest...

ST. JOHN VIANNEY

MEMORIAL: AUGUST 4 St. John Vianney, or the Cure de Ars, was born during the French Revolution which rendered Catholicism illegal. He received all of...

AUGUST 3, 2025 GOSPEL REFLECTION

In his masterpiece The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis writes a correspondence between Screwtape, a senior demon, and his nephew Wormwood, a junior demon. Screwtape...

ST. ALPHONSUS LIGUORI

MEMORIAL: AUGUST 1 St. Alphonsus Liguori was born at the end of the 17th century and was a brilliant young man. He achieved his doctorate...

UNITY CAN ONLY HAPPEN ONE WAY

God created us to be unified. He is a Trinity of persons - three persons in one God. And just as He is unified,...

LOVING BEYOND THE WOUND

Life’s journey is never a straight path. Oftentimes, it twists and turns in unimaginable ways. Many saints experienced abrupt changes and challenges. St. Marianne...

CARRYING THE WORLD ON YOUR SHOULDERS

Call it postpartum hormones or just plain anxiety, but I have been a little panicky about the state of the world. If I let...

HAPPIEST WHEN READING

I have always loved reading books - as I sit here in my sweatshirt that says “Happiest When Reading”. I started reading at a...

WHAT THE CHURCH NEEDS FROM THE NEXT POPE

As we are in the midst of waiting and praying for the election of a new pope, MANY people have an opinion on who...

FEBRUARY 2025 KID’S CORNER

February 2025 Kid's CornerDownload