There are journeys we take for rest, journeys we take for discovery, and then there are pilgrimages—the sacred journeys we undertake to...

How vast is the Bridegroom’s love for me; how deep is His mercy; how endless is His Presence?  These are questions which I have been...

Miguel Cabrera, 1763 In this moving image of St. Gertrude the Great, I am invited into the silence of divine intimacy. Clothed in the...

As Jesus ascended into Heaven, His feet lifted from the earth not in farewell, but in promise. The Ascension is not an end—it is a...

“O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!  You whose glory above the heavens is chanted by the mouth of babies and...

I recently attended the March for Life in Washington, DC.  In all my years, I have never attended the March for Life, so I was very...

As I have come to understand, everything about God works slowly.  His promptings are quiet, His movements are precise, and my journey...

I was listening to my favorite podcast recently and one of the speakers  shared this acronym:   B-U-S-Y -  Burdened Under Satan’s Yoke. ...

Growing up as a child in a family who did not practice any sort of organized religion, I have come to know and understand many things of...

One of the most beautiful benefits of attending daily Mass has been the opportunity to  listen to the Eucharistic prayers more than just...

What does it mean to ponder?  I seem to be doing a great deal of pondering lately.  Situations, experiences, people, events and stirrings...

“I am waiting like the desert for Your rain; I am bracing like the shoreline for Your waves, Your calming waves; When You move, I can’t...

Grace…  what a beautiful sounding word and an even more beautiful gift of God!  Grace, as defined by the Catechism of the Catholic Church...

Made in the image and likeness of God is a phrase which is thrown around quite casually in Christian circles  these days.  If we are...

I have lately been contemplating this concept of invitation.   When I think back to my childhood… a childhood which was without any...

A friend and I were together during Adoration and she said to me, “I have to spend more time gazing on the Cross.  I notice that you look...

We are all Brides of Christ. It is Jesus who is the desire of my heart and the perfect love that I am seeking...