SPIRITUALITY & DEVOTION

HOW MUCH RUBIK’S CUBE IS TOO MUCH RUBIK’S CUBE?

My oldest daughter recently decided she wanted to be a Rubik’s Cuber (Cubist? We are still new to this world). She and I spent...

TRUE LOVE DEMANDS WEAKNESS

To fully understand the depths of another person’s love for us, we have to be at a disadvantage with them. In other words, vulnerability...

THE SACRED TENSION OF MOTHERHOOD: FROM STRUGGLE TO REDEMPTION

Motherhood is one of the most sanctifying journeys a woman can undertake—beautiful, yes, but also brutally honest. It strips away any illusions of control...

DIVINE MERCY: MIRRORING THE UNFATHOMABLE MERCY OF THE HOLY...

St. Faunstina’s apparitions of Jesus and the chaplet he taught her in the 1930’s continue to shape the spiritual practices of countless Christians, especially...

THE DARKNESS IS NOT OUR HOME

Recently, I took my kids outside on a late Thursday afternoon. It was overcast, but warm enough to do some baseball tee work with...

WHEN THINGS DON’T MAKE SENSE

I am writing this article fresh off of a tragedy in my hometown - the day after, so my emotions are rocky and my...

MIRACLES ARE THE SCRAPS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD

There is a controversial story in the Gospels about Jesus’ encounter with a Syrophoencian woman. Jesus is in a gentile region, and a gentile...

CAMINO HACIA LA FE CATÓLICA

Nada se compara con el profundo impacto de abrazar la fe católica. Aunque tengo la suerte de ser católica de cuna, he sido testigo...

I’M GLAD YOU ARE HERE

“Please take a moment to greet those around you,” says the choir leader at my parish immediately before each Mass starts. You might be...

WISDOM FROM A FIVE-YEAR-OLD

My kids love books. Because we are not a family that spends much of our recreational time in front of screens, we play a...

INTENTIONAL LIVING

What a blessed day! The birds are singing, the sun peeks out from behind billowing clouds, and joyful laughter fills the air as kids...

THE PERFECT LENT

There has only been one perfect Lent in human history, and it is recorded in the synoptic gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. I...

SANCTIFYING TIME WITH THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS

Lent is a season of renewed focus on the great spiritual disciplines of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. These practices make room in our hearts,...

PONDERING ALL THE THINGS

I ponder A LOT of things—softball schedules, girl scout meetings, baseball schedules, Faith Formation classes, meal plans, and regular household chores—not to mention work...

BLUE BANDAIDS AND MORNING MASS

Weekday Mass is so different from Sunday Mass.  Our new church building can seat 1100 people. On any given Sunday at the 9am Mass...