A couple of years ago, I picked up a book on the Church Fathers, those leaders of the early Church who came within the first few generations after the Apostles. It was a heavy tome with small print; it seemed…

I don’t know at what point it became so difficult that I felt I needed to explore the inner regions, but it has reached an impasse.

In the book and film The Fellowship of the Ring the group that has joined to destroy…

“[T]here’s no greater hope for the future of the world and the Church than to witness over 100 teens kneeling in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament during a Holy Family Fest and keeping 7-8 confessors going for 2-3 hours receiving…

I’ve been thinking about Babushka a lot lately. “Babushka” is our (loving) nickname for the elderly woman who lives across the alley. She’s from Bosnia and can barely speak English. She lost a number of family members in the uprisings…

A few years ago, I toured the far north of England.  There, stretching 73 miles from coast to coast, the Roman Emperor Hadrian built a massive wall.  Constructed of stone, it was built to last, since it marked the northernmost…

The parable of the vineyard and the tenants effectively encapsulates salvation history. Jesus uses this parable to explain the history of the Chosen People and how they (the ancestors of the chief priests and elders) continually rejected prophets (the servants)…

I had never realized she wanted a baby doll.

Probably, after four boys in a row, my brain just failed to recognize the same need to nurture which applied to our first three children — all girls.

At the dentist’s office, Anna…

Angel of God,
my guardian dear,
to whom God’s love commits me here,
ever this day,
be at my side
to light and guard,
to rule and guide.

Like many parents, I pray this simple prayer with my children each morning as we begin our day.…

Throughout human history, in our philosophy and in our cosmology (or worldview), the pendulum of our place in the cosmos has swung back and forth again and again. Are we the crown of creation or are we just “trousered apes?”…

We’re having a bit of an issue with chores around here lately. Our days are really long and my pregnant self is pretty tired when I go upstairs to give the little ones baths and put them to bed. So,…