As I was sipping coffee on the deck this morning, phone in hand, crossword puzzle in front of me, I suddenly stopped and looked up. In that moment, I realized everything else could wait, and I just sat and appreciated what was in front of me. I ...
And the angel said to her in reply,
“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be ...
I am one of those people who actually enjoys confession, hard as that may be for some to believe. It's such an uplifting feeling, to bare you soul, receive ...
So often when Dennis and I are standing in front of our ninth-grade faith formation class, our goal is to not only teach our students the truths of our faith ...
I've decided to share the panel presentation I gave to the U.S. bishops and Catholic journalists yesterday at "An Encounter with Social Media: Bishops and ...
"God is not God the way we would be God if we were God," said Bishop Edward Braxton of Belleville, Illinois, at yesterday's Mass for U.S. bishops in ...
I'm leavin' on a jet plane...Heading to Baltimore for what's being billed as “An Encounter with Social Media: Bishops and Bloggers Dialogue,” and I'll be one ...
I was sitting in my office this afternoon, trying to ignore the constant buzzing, droning sound of the neighbor's leaf blower, when I remembered a section of ...
This is a personal fall favorite, discovered when I was looking for a way to use the very large container of Israeli couscous I'd picked up in the bulk ...
"Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly." -- St. Francis de Sales
When I look at the magnificence of the delicate monarch ...