Whenever I’m asked to pray for someone, or when I hear about people in distress, I turn to God with great confidence. I know that he is near and is ready to do something for them. But I wasn’t always so aware of this. My journey into deeper faith really started in May 1983, when God did something very special for me and my friends Tony and Pete. More »

A few years ago, a study by scientists at University College in London gave proof to the saying that love is blind. Researchers studying the brain found that feelings of love can lead to a suppression of activity in the areas of the brain that control critical and judgmental thoughts. More »

My husband and I experienced our first miscarriage four years into our marriage. It was a devastating blow for us because we were so eager to have a child. Even though my husband and I had a very close relationship and a good solid marriage, the trauma of losing a child made us feel like strangers. More »

This cross is far more than two beams of wood pieced together. It’s far more than the piece of jewelry that so many people wear today. More »

How well do you know yourself? I was forty-four years old, a mother, grandmother, and “a good Catholic,” when I hired two criminals to take care of a problem. You may wonder how I could stoop so low. Perhaps we don’t really know ourselves until we are confronted with a major crisis. More »

Have you ever noticed how many images the Bible uses to explain spiritual truths? God is described as a loving Father, a fiery warrior, and even a nursing mother. More »

The evidence of my failure was crystal clear. There it was, posted up on the bulletin board for all the world to see: I had flunked Physics 102. More »

Spiritual writers sometimes speak of being baptized as being clothed with “the garment of salvation” (see Isaiah 61:10). In baptism we are truly made into a new creation and given everything we need to live a holy and perfect life. More »