Tag Archive: #reflection

Shake Off the Dust

Our kitchen floor is at least 35 years old, and it’s the ugliest color to come out of the ‘80s. But it’s a good, durable floor, and my husband, bless his heart, guards it like it was a finely finished [read more...]

Do Catholics Believe in “Signs from the Dead”?

Does a passing blue jay remind you of a deceased loved one? Does a specific number or color call their loss to your memory? Could they be speaking to you through these signs? Fr. Mike opens up about navigating the [read more...]

A Prophet and His Native Place

“A prophet is not without honor except in his native place.” It could be the slogan of high school reunions everywhere. I speak from experience — I didn’t go to my high school reunion, but I do live in the [read more...]

The Secret to Staying Happily Married

We’ve got a “Marriage Pop-Quiz” for you! Would you ditch your spouse to catch a flight? Imagine you’re traveling with your spouse. They go to the bathroom while you wait for your flight to board. But they don’t come back. [read more...]

The Touch of Christ

For a long time, I didn’t understand why the virtual Masses of the pandemic were so wearisome to me. Theoretically, shouldn’t it be a tired mother’s dream, fulfilling her Sunday obligation from the couch, not having to worry how much [read more...]

The Perfect Storm

I am writing this on a Saturday morning. Saturdays are my writing days, when my husband takes over the kids and the house and I disappear into the office with an enormous cup of coffee and noise-canceling headphones. Saturdays are [read more...]

Catholic 101: Praying the Our Father

The following excerpt is from “Catholic 101: Praying the Our Father,” by Michael Rossmann, SJ, found on The Jesuit Post website… Sometimes I catch myself doing the “Autopilot” Our Father: my lips are moving; sound is coming out; I might [read more...]

“I Go to Mass, but it Feels Like Nothing Changes”

The sacraments that Christ gave his church are powerful. They are life changing. But… they are not magic. Jesus Christ’s life, death, and resurrection makes salvation possible for all of us. But there is one key ingredient that only you [read more...]

Do You Go to Hell if You Never Heard of Jesus?

When considering the people of the Old Testament before Jesus’s coming, we might ask ourselves: “Are those without the knowledge of Jesus destined for eternal damnation?” And what about those who have never had an opportunity in our day and [read more...]

A Theology of Your Body

Pope John Paul II said that what modern man needs—and is missing—is an “adequate anthropology”, or, a full understanding of what it looks like to be human. Over the course of his pontificate, he gave it his best shot using [read more...]