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As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him.  She had a sister...

My family’s trip through the South Dakota Badlands and Yellowstone National Park was the first experience I had of not  being proud to be...

Jesus’ instructions to his disciples in today’s gospel strikes right at my anxiety. He tells them to go forth, “carry no money bag, no...

Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul – two men to whom God entrusted large parts of the early Church, and...

I keep thinking of the moment when Jesus tells the disciples that they don’t need to know the times or the seasons for when God does...

Most Harry Potter fans will remember when Harry arrives at Hogwarts and sits in front of the whole school for every first year’s biggest...

On Tuesday you read my thoughts on the myth of being founded as a Christian Nation . I purposely avoided the very large, very dangerous...

In another reading for my “Art & Asceticism of Dialogue” graduate course, our class was assigned a reading from the book, I Never Thought...

While I usually dread election season, this year my mindset has been almost completely transformed. This is almost completely thanks to a...

Today we celebrate three of Jesus’s closest friends: Lazarus, who is described as “the one you love” (John 11:3); Mary, who performs the...

The story of the disciples being sent out two by two, without taking anything with them, is Good News! The Good News is that we don’t...

Prophets feel like something set solidly in the past. They have their time period – just like horse drawn carriages or gladiators or oil...

When we are children, we imagine endless possibilities for our play. With our imagination, we can be astronauts, chefs, royalty,...

Pentecost is terrifying. The Holy Spirit is terrifying. They are terrifying in the same way that shaking your principal’s hand or the...

Like many Catholic women, my relationship with Mary has had its ups and downs. Growing up, women are so often told to idolize Mary and...

If there was a patron saint of partying, St. Margaret of Scotland should be it. As Queen of Scotland, she used her court and influence to...

Not being raised Catholic, my understanding of saints was murky at best. I knew they were people whose lives honored God, whose faith...

Today's Readings Here we are amid the fall, closing in on the cusp of the great Advent season with many of us perhaps enrolled in...

Perhaps many of you have heard of and some of you may have experienced the Eucharistic Revival in your parishes. An initiative of the...

“During those days, Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to the town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah...