After months of prayers and preparations, the 465th Cursillo Women's Weekend is finally upon us.  I'm so very excited to be ...

Did you know  Divine Mercy Sunday   is April 27, 2014?  It's always observed the Sunday after Easter, though many of the faithful do...

     How often in our lives are we challenged by the seemingly small things in our day or on our to-do list?  How attentive are we when ...

Today is Divine Mercy Sunday ! One aspect of the Lord's love that I may always struggle with in this life is His mercy.  I don't ...

     Quite honestly, I can only take so many complaints and criticisms at a time, and, right now, my inbox is full to overflowing.   For o...

In her second novel In Name Only , author/editor Ellen Gable Hrkach creates a masterfully complex late eighteen hundreds setting ripe for...

Divine Love Made Flesh: The Holy Eucharist as the Sacrament of Charity is a masterfully written reflection on the Eucharist as source a...

  Beyond the Mr. Rogers Mentality          A few of the recent daily reflections by the late Henri Nouwen , one of my all-time favorite wr...

    Did you know  Divine Mercy Sunday is today April 15, 2012?  It's always observed the Sunday after Easter, though many of the ...

       I don’t like to admit it, but I have been a modern-day Judas.   Through God’s grace, I’ve been shown the error of my ways and repen...

What was the gravest error that Judas Iscariot made?   Betraying a close friend who welcomed you into his inner circle and treated you l...

     Kevin's recovery from the foot surgery he had last Friday has gone pretty well.   It’s certainly been a whole heck of a lot smoot...

I honestly never thought I’d write a review of the Catechism of the Catholic Church , but here I go.   I selected this complete and updat...

     I’ll never hear the Gospel account of the Transfiguration Mark 9:2-10 without thinking of two really funny stories shared with us m...

     It’s very important that we do engage in discussion with people who have opposing views.   I believe it’s best to do so in a way th...

A couple weekends ago our priest gave a sermon that included a reflection on the lyrics of the seasonal song he likes the least: “Santa Cl...

Yesterday’s Gospel reading was about the Lord as a Good Shepherd, who goes after the lost sheep.   It’s comforting to know that Our Good S...

     In many ways, Bishop DiLorenzo’s sermon at the Red Mass held at St. Benedict Church Thursday evening, November 10, 2011, was a sta...

Several months ago the father of the family my husband and I have been “adopted” into was telling us about a book that sounded like it wou...

     Sons of Cain is an action-packed page-turner with spiritual and political intrigue that hits eerily close to describing our world’s...