The challenge of becoming a soul minimalist
Imagine a room. It is empty except for a few necessary things — maybe a chair, a fireplace and a lamp. You can just sit and be quiet, with no…
Imagine a room. It is empty except for a few necessary things — maybe a chair, a fireplace and a lamp. You can just sit and be quiet, with no…
Working as a Catholic communications professional kept me busy. I rarely had the opportunity to sit down and read for pleasure. For years, I had wanted to read “Diary of…
Mercy: “compassion or forgiveness toward someone whom it is within one’s power to punish or harm.” I’d never thought of mercy quite that way, that God has the power and…
You’re busy. You’re being pulled in a million different directions, distracted by a million different hopes, worries and fears. Maybe your health isn’t great. Maybe your job isn’t thrilling. Maybe…
Almost 11 years ago during a semester abroad in Rome, some classmates and I opted for a day trip to Orvieto, Italy. We visited the Orvieto cathedral, praying in front…
‘Fiat lux’ — let there be light “For as bats eyes are to daylight so is our intellectual eye to those truths which are, in their own nature, the most…
In the five months since the passing of my father, I’ve come to learn that grief is a process of searching. It is searching through photos on my computer for…
“Oh, I just love how inclusive you are!” It felt like a punch to the gut. It was Christmas and I had been given a chance to say something about…
“You are dust, and to dust you shall return” (Gn 3:19). These words, often heard on Ash Wednesday, were originally spoken by God to Adam after Adam ate the forbidden…
When I think of Lent, I think of self-denial, misery and general suffering often made manifest in cold showers and dessert-less meals. After the indulgence of the Christmas season, and…