SPIRITUALITY & DEVOTION

WAITING ON THE LORD

I love making plans. I get excited when it comes to planning future events that other people will enjoy, whether it be a large...

I NEED A VOLUNTEER

My prayer life has been challenging for me recently.  I was in a great morning routine where God and I would spend time together....

SOMETIMES IT HURTS TO GO DEEP

Because we are a culture that aims to please our senses, we can often rely on our emotional state to inform us of how...

OUR LADY OF KNOCK

Amongst the rolling hills of Ireland, spotted with pastures and crops and free-roaming sheep, the Blessed Mother appeared, in silence, 145 years ago in...

HEAVEN, KANSAS, THE MOON, AND THE LONELY MOUNTAIN

My family and I drive from Pittsburgh, PA to Kansas no less than twice a year. My wife is from Kansas, and we like...

GOD SHOWS UP

We recently took a family vacation to Myrtle Beach, SC. It was with my side of the family, and it was SO welcome. Taking...

EL PODER DE LA PRECIOSÍSIMA SANGRE DE CRISTO

Desde un punto de vista Científico se puede clasificar la sangre humana en diferentes grupos según la presencia de antígenos en los glóbulos rojos. En...

FINDING TRUE FREEDOM

What is so uniquely great about our Christian Faith? You might reply, “The forgiveness of our sins through Jesus’ Death and Resurrection.” Yes—it’s true. Forgiveness through...

A PLACE TO BE FOUND

It was 2016, and my friend asked me to help her lead a small group that was preparing for Confirmation. She had led a...

THE LORD PROVIDES

Having worked in ministry or ministry adjacent jobs all of my life, I was never raking in a substantial income. Anyone who has had...

IT’S UNFAIR!

Sometimes I feel like a little three-year-old girl, desperate to stomp my feet so hard that the entire house would rumble and anyone in...

¡SAGRADO CORAZÓN DE JESÚS, PONGO MI CONFIANZA EN TI!

Mientras ponía a dormir a uno de mis gemelos en la cama, no pude evitar sentirme fascinada por el inmenso amor que le tengo...

A MOTHER’S PRAYER

A mother in Wisconsin wanted to know how to pray for her family. Like many people, Robin Brenner of Sacred Heart parish in Reedsburg,...

“BUT I LOVED THAT KID”

In my experience, the spiritual life has been a series of conversions. Not a lightning bolt flash of light type of conversion, but periods...

FATHER’S LOVE

Some of my best memories as a young child were spent with the men in my life who loved and adored me.  This is...