Tag Archive: #reflection

Made to Serve

I thought it often in my first year as a mother, when I was every day discovering what this new life of parenthood looked and felt like: doing anything with kids is a hundred times harder than doing it without [read more...]

Where Does the Rosary Come From?

Jesus gave us the prayer we often call “the Our Father”. But where do the other prayers of the Holy Rosary come from, like the Hail Mary? The Glory Be? Who selected the mysteries that we meditate on for each decade? [read more...]

Possessions

When I was a kid, before smartphones and Amazon, it was the toy catalogs that we waited for. They arrived in the mail, smiling children’s faces splashed across the cover, like a silent promise that real happiness could be purchased [read more...]

What Catholics Believe About the Body

Did you know Christians have a radical view of the body? While society often swings between two extremes—either dismissing the body as insignificant or idolizing it—Christianity offers a balanced and profound understanding of the unity between body and soul. Fr. [read more...]

“Stay With Me Lord”

On September 23, the Catholic Church celebrated the Feast of St. Padre Pio. I would like to share a beautiful prayer by my favorite saint who dedicated his life to Jesus. “Stay with me, Lord, for it is necessary to [read more...]

Are Your Bored at Mass?

You’ve definitely either said—or met someone who’s said—“I go to Mass, but I just don’t get anything out of it.” Fr. Mike gets you. He’s said it too. But what he’s learned and cannot stop telling everyone is that Mass [read more...]

The Angel in the Marble

If you show up to the gates of heaven completely whole, I kind of doubt you’ll be let inside. I know that sounds pretty awful, because what kind of God doesn’t want all of you, exactly as you are? “Be [read more...]

Bearing Witness

I am fascinated by minor Gospel characters. These people — the rich young man, the adulterous woman, the teachers at the temple — share the stage with Jesus only briefly. They bear passing but powerful witness to crucial moments of [read more...]

How Can I Know It’s Actually God’s Voice?

How can you discern if the voice you’re hearing is genuinely God’s? How can you be sure it isn’t just your own thoughts or even something deceptive? Fr. Mike offers insight into recognizing God’s guidance by asking key questions. He [read more...]

Take Up Your Cross

When I’m interviewing people for my job as a staff writer at an archdiocesan newspaper, I like to ask them this question: at the end of your life, when you meet God, what do you want to hear Him say? [read more...]