How the Catholic Church Saved my Refugee Family
The community literally carried my family until they got on their feet. This is real, living, radical mercy.
Hope for the Sinner
Just as sin can rewire our brain and change the way we tend to react, virtue can rewire us for greatness.
Fasting Has Taught Me How to Love
Your vocation, your relationships, and your friendships will not work unless you learn how to love through sacrifice.
“Stop Checking Your Phone During Mass”: A Note to Myself
I love God and I also love football. You might be able to see why Sundays are, in my opinion, the absolute best day of the week.
The One Devotion That Totally Changed My Prayer as a Woman
The mysterious feeling that kept flooding my heart was femininity.
Why Does God Allow Natural Disasters to Happen?
I continued to look back and forth between the TV, which was showing all of this destruction, and the window, through which I could see nothing but blue skies. It was an unsettling feeling and left me with a question you’ve probably asked a time or two: Why does God allow this to happen?
What I Learned by Failing at Evangelization
He wasn’t listening. So eventually to keep up, I started to respond louder and sassier. People started staring at us.
Calling on Mercy
Before an exam, at the end of the day, whenever the world seemed to spin a little too fast… “Jesus, I trust in you. Jesus, I trust in you. Jesus, I trust in you.”
Advice for Casting your First Votes
Voting is described as “morally obligatory” – that’s pretty serious.
