No one wants to be hated. It is a basic human desire to be loved. But sometimes we need to be willing to do or say things that may not be...

Motherhood is a sure way to sainthood! The opportunities to grow in holiness abound. All we need to do is accept the plethora of graces...

The disciples had forgotten to bring bread, and they only had one loaf with them in the boat. Jesus enjoined them, "Watch out, guard...

My dad fighting back the tears on my wedding day; now it's my turn. Three weeks ago today, we buried my father, the patriarch of our...

He just couldn’t do it anymore. He loved “his boys,” and he knew they needed him. But caring for them had taken its toll. So, Don Bosco...

A violent squall came up and waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was already filling up. Jesus was in the stern, asleep on a...

No longer am I one who makes full-out new year’s resolutions. It has never gone well with me in the past. Resolve to lose weight – gain...

Like most families, we have our favorite Christmas movies that our family enjoys watching together every year. There are the traditional...

Did you know that there is a prayer for families to pray that is even greater than the Rosary? There is: the Liturgy of the Hours, also...

She lay dying in a hospice bed. The cancer had returned, and this time, she was not going to fight it. So, every evening I went to the...

I always tell my children what my mother told me: “Don’t do anything you wouldn’t want me to find out about - because I will find out...

“If someone had told me I would be Pope one day, I would have studied harder!” These words of the newly beatified John Paul I illustrate...

Laughter is a gift from God. None of His other creatures have the wonderful ability to laugh. I am sure that a good sense of humor is one...

I haven’t written much lately, outside of notes in greeting cards – we have many birthdays and special occasions in May and June. These...

Surrounded on three sides by hills and waterfalls, stars overhead, and lambs running past me, I felt immersed in God’s presence. No, I...

The older I get, the more I lose – my keys, my cell phone, a credit card, the post-it note with my grocery list…Some days I even feel as...

Mary Magdalene was a lover. When the One who truly loved her and whose love she reciprocated, was tragically taken from her, her grief...

Every Friday during Lent, the Church makes it possible for us to make a spiritual pilgrimage, accompanying Our Lord on His way to Mount...

Today (March 28), I had the honor of writing the Gospel reflection for CatholicMom.com. Of all the benefits of belonging to the...

So, we are three full weeks into Lent. How are you doing? What if I told you that, as part of my Lenten practices, I wanted to write once...