Virtue & Spiritual Disciplines
Don’t white-knuckle this Lent
What if your human nature was not something you had to fight against, but something very good that prayer, fasting, and almsgiv...
Who was the real St. Valentine?
Valentine's Day celebrates the life of St. Valentine of Rome, a priest who was martyred on February 14.
February 14 marks the ...
An Invitation to Come Home this Christmas
Christmas is here! It's a season full of homecomings and reunions with family and friends.
Today, Fr. Mark-Mary invites eac...
How I Think Through Voting as a Catholic
Within the polarized arena of politics, every political party is bombarding us, the voters, with information and argumentation ...
Because Words Matter: The Importance of Sharing Your Gratitude With Others
As a teacher, the start of the school year means many things: student documents to read, a classroom to unpack, and an inbox br...
How To Talk to Those Who Disagree with You—and Still Love Them
A few years ago, during a Saturday session of my doctoral class called “Critical Issues in Educational Leadership,” we compared...
Lessons on Gratitude From a Leper
So many times when I come to prayer, I have a list of all the things I want God to fix in my life — my temper, my relationship ...
Why Politics Matters, and Why it Doesn’t
We treat politics as if it were religion and miss what the Church has to teach usSoon we begin the three-month season of loud d...
How Could My Fasting Help Stop a War?
On this Day of Prayer and Fasting for World Peace, we might ask: How could abstaining from food help stop a war that is thousan...