Genius of the Call

A sixteen-year-old boy was torn from his home by kidnappers and forced into slavery in an unknown land. He served as a herdsman for six years and then escaped. During his time of separation from the security and love of his family, this boy clung to his faith. It would be easy to imagine him …READ MORE

I have been thinking a lot this Lent about what it means to come home. At the beginning of Lent, we often read the story of the Prodigal Son, a story of rebellion and pride, followed by the father’s mercy and overwhelming forgiveness. Lent is a season when God the Father is calling us home. …READ MORE

This Lent, in addition to giving up wine, I am focusing on my prayer life. I feel God beckoning me to new levels of peace, calm, tranquility, and resilience. Wine, normally, is not easy for me to give up, but giving up anxiety and fear is much harder. Sometimes the cause is hormones; sometimes it …READ MORE

Just recently my husband and I celebrated the twenty-second anniversary of our wedding proposal. That day we went to Mass together so in love, most likely holding hands and giddy with young love. After Mass, we stayed behind to pray. He asked if I would join him in the Stations of the Cross. Yes! Let’s …READ MORE

We are officially in the season of Lent. It is day two, and chances are we still feel pretty good about our plans for mortification and observance of this solemn season in preparation for Our Lord’s crucifixion, death, and resurrection. Like most things in our modern world, even Lent can drag us into the dangerous …READ MORE

When I was twenty-three, I recited a daily rosary. I was longing to become the real me, the me that God had designed. I was not there yet. I was fresh out of college, trying to find a career and a husband and an adult identity. I had not yet found any of those things, …READ MORE