St. Gertrude the Great: Into the Heart of Christ Through Prayer
St. Gertrude is one of the most remarkable mystics of the Catholic Church. Her life, her writings, and her experiences of the Heart of Christ through prayer have had a significant impact on Catholi...
Steep yourselves in the meaning of these Advent days. And above all, pay heed to him who is approaching; think whence he comes and whither it is he advances; consider his purpose in coming, the rip...
Memento Mori - Remember Your Death
We are all going to die. Every single one of us. And, over time, so will all those whom we know and love. This reality can strike fear in the heart of even the most faithful Christian. Yet, if...
Remember: God Likes To Be Thanked!
No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks. —St. Ambrose I recently called a friend to ask for her prayers in a situation I was struggling with. A few weeks later I texted her t...
St. Jude Thaddeus: Patron Saint of the Impossible
When I was a young girl, my grandmother kept a statue of St. Jude on her dresser. Since few things adorned her room, St. Jude was prominent there. She had a special love for him, and lived out her ...
Wearing the Crucifix: What We Believe
Ours is a happily-Catholic home. You don’t have to get much further than the threshold of the front door to realize it. Like many Catholics, we display statues, holy pictures, and other tangible re...
What Saint John Paul II Meant To My Catholic Faith
I became a Catholic in 1991. To say that my faith was affected by the man who was pope at the time of my conversion is an understatement. At first I could not anticipate how this Holy Pontiff, who ...
St. John Henry Newman: In God’s Own Way and Time
The October 13th, 2019 canonization of St. John Cardinal Newman, more commonly known as St. John Henry Newman, (and not to be confused with his elder St. John Neumann) was anticipated with great jo...
9 Tips For Taking Kids to Mass
“Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” —Matthew 19:14 I have been taking my kids to Mass for about twenty-seven years. In that t...
Living Little: A Reflection on the Little Way of St. Therese of Lisieux
“The bigger the better” is the prevailing attitude in almost every aspect of our world today. Who actually aims low when they can aim high? The saying “Go big or go home” sounds so much more impres...