
Hearing God’s Voice in Trust and Faithfulness
As I was preparing to leave for college way too long ago, my dad told me to be sure to introduce myself to the “young
As I was preparing to leave for college way too long ago, my dad told me to be sure to introduce myself to the “young
Online Catholics I’ve recently been discouraged by a number of responses to Catholics asking advice on the internet. Usually, a sincere Catholic posts a question
Unimaginable Loss Tragedy struck our family in February of this year. My 47-year-old aunt Jeannine, with whom I was close, committed suicide during a night
A month or two ago I started wondering about the Christmas season. Specifically, I wondered why it seemed so much more magical to me as
I have trust issues. It’s precisely this fact about me which limits my public self-revelation, and which more than anything else explains why I’m still
One of the most common early Church titles of our Lady is “the Valiant Woman.” She is the one we run to in distress, looking
Knowing God has a plan for my good can be of great comfort especially for people, like me, who suffer from crippling anxiety. Social media
With the early days of the Lenten season now upon us, perhaps, like me, you already find the prospect of so many weeks ahead until
I walked into Wal-Mart in Dearborn and seemed out of place because I was white and buying alcohol. (Dearborn is a Detroit suburb with the
The Mass readings for this last Sunday, August 7, have as their common theme trust in the Lord. Another word for this trust is
In my last article, I wrote about my Rome semester. Obviously, my journey through the Eternal City contained lots of different experiences, both good and
“Why did God let that happen??” We have all had the experience of pondering why something bad or disappointing happened to us. It is
Early one brisk January evening a few years ago, I was driving to a speaking engagement at a parish in North Seattle. As I exited
The secret to authentic interior freedom goes against every fiber of our being. The answer to every crisis, every threat we will face in our
There are many lessons to be learned from reading Holy Scripture, but in my opinion, one of the most important lessons to be learned is
My husband called on his way home from work, tired and hungry. He had been in Atlanta since before the sun came up, and now
Ephemeral Hope I possess an intellectual spirituality that makes me shy away from an outward display of faith filled emotions. I prefer internal intensity. Also,
Pretty soon, many students will make the return to college to continue their four year academic odyssey. This group will also include recent high school
In the past six months, my large family of eleven has been tested by multiple traumas; we have been bombarded with illness, cancer and subsequent
“Friendship is born at that moment when one man says to another: \”What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .” –
“… for nothing will be impossible for God” –Luke 1:37 Christmas vacation as a graduate student is nothing short of spectacular. No more papers to
As Catholics, we are often leery of personal revelation because we are afraid of the being deceived but really, do we trust more in the