SPIRITUALITY & DEVOTION

ALL ABOARD THE DISCERNMENT TRAIN

If you have gone through any formal Catholic education/formation while you were a youth, you have undoubtedly been exposed to the religious notion of...

ADVERSITY & PROSPERITY

“In times of adversity, one forgets prosperity. In times of prosperity, one forgets adversity.” - Sirach 11:25 This is one of the Bible verses we’ve...

“THEN YOU WILL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO”

Sometimes in life, we find ourselves in situations that we don’t want to be in, but they are out of our control to change....

LA PRESENTACIÓN DE JESÚS EN EL TEMPLO

La historia de Jesús está llena de momentos significativos que marcan su vida y misión en la Tierra. Uno de esos momentos cruciales es...

MY HOPE IS IN YOU

I'm not perfect. 🙂 A part of me wanted to lead and leave with that statement, but I'll clarify.  These past few days have been...

THE TRUST AND FAITH OF A LITTLE CHILD

My oldest daughter recently turned three and, seemingly overnight, became a different person in many ways. For example, she loves taking baths. Then one...

TWO QUESTIONS FOR DISCERNMENT

For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough...

THE LOVE THAT MAKES US REAL: A LESSON FROM...

In our day and age, Valentine’s Day comes with a mixture of feelings and expectations. For some people, Valentine’s Day is a happy reminder...

“THERE’S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL”

“There’s no crying in baseball!” These words spoken by Tom Hanks in ‘A League of Their Own’ are very familiar to a certain generation...

WHEN PRAYER LIFE IS FAR FROM ALIVE

For a while now, I’d describe my prayer life as “mediocre” or maybe even “dry.” I wouldn’t be so dramatic as to call it...

MY NEIGHBOR’S EXPIRED SOUR CREAM

Monday night is trash night in our neighborhood, and for the past couple of years I have been taking out my elderly neighbors trash...

SHOVELING SNOW

You know the phrase, “When it rains, it pours”? This article is going to be based on that phrase, but adjusted to: “When it...

STORY FROM THE PENITENT

I remember the day clearly. I was on a Motherhood retreat in 2022. It was the end of summer and I had asked my...

BEING OKAY WITH DEATH

Death is a difficult subject: it’s a challenging, inevitable concept to grasp and is uncomfortable for the majority of people I personally know. Even...

THE MEANING OF THE HAIL MARY

The Hail Mary is a prayer that many of us say, but many of us can rattle off the words without actually reflecting what...