9-Day Back-to-School Prayer Challenge: A Novena for the Start of the School Year
Ah, back-to-school season. The time of year that most students (teachers?) dread and all parents rejoice. It’s also the time that my control freak tendencies…
Ah, back-to-school season. The time of year that most students (teachers?) dread and all parents rejoice. It’s also the time that my control freak tendencies…
Like the dark smudge on your forehead, Lent is something that has already disappeared for many in today’s stressful world. However, observing Lent can alter…
Yesterday, my adult daughter, Martha, texted me to ask for prayers for a co-worker who had just died of cancer. The words in the gray…
I’ve got a bone to pick with Gravity, or with its marketing scheme at the very least. The film, a tense walk with Sandra Bullock through the worst space trip since 1979, presents itself as a sci-fi survivalist nightmare, think Open Water in orbit…
People of God, we need to pray. Hard. With the joyous signs of Christmas packed away, we find ourselves again in the liturgical season of…
Picture a 22-year-old Catholic college student. She is studying electrical and mechanical engineering. She has a loving family and many friends. She is pretty and…
Today try using prayer, rather than your thoughts or actions, as a way to deal with situations.
Due to my admittedly Amish tendencies when it comes to technology, I was surprised at the wave of sadness that washed over me when I…
“Your faith has made you well,” Jesus says to a woman who seeks out his healing presence. “Go in peace, and be healed…” (Mark 5:34).…
It was the Sunday before Thanksgiving, and while most Americans were anticipating the joy of family togetherness and the turkey feast in the coming days,…