Dear Divine Lover abiding within me, Where did You go? Where are You hiding? Why haven’t You answered my texts? I need to know where You...

The resurrection of Jesus is Christianity’s ground zero. It is also the hardest mystery to fathom, dare I say, to believe. Many are able...

I left Mass on Palm Sunday wondering why this first day of Holy Week didn’t sit well with me. Our parish did a beautiful job with the...

My heart is broken. A dear friend named Tom (not my husband) died suddenly last week, and his loss makes me weep and cling to every...

On a recent visit to the Broad Museum in downtown Los Angeles, I found myself looking at Andy Warhol’s silkscreen titled, Twenty Jackies...

Recently, I’ve been flying high on Christmas prep. I’m comfortable with “busy.” But now that I’m prepped, I don’t know exactly what to...

Advent is a time of pregnant pause. A time when we imagine Mary jostling her way to Bethlehem on the back of a donkey. Any woman who has...

I love Thanksgiving. For me, it beats Christmas for best holiday because I generally get to see more of my family at Thanksgiving than I...

You get what you get, and you don’t throw a fit. My 5-year-old granddaughter recently taught me this axiom, which her teachers use when...

Will the meeting (in my head) please come to order! I’d like to say a few words to all the parts of myself. Yes you, the anxious...

Dear Lord, Let me introduce myself again. It’s Claire. I’m just approaching our time together from a different angle. I’ve decided to...

We are often told that one of the most important ways to stay healthy is to keep moving - not to become sedentary. But human nature is...

The other day I was in the market cleaning out their supply of my husband’s favorite ice cream bar when a women came up to ask me how I...

By David Palmieri On the Catholic-Conversations homepage, there is a quotation from Paula D’Arcy that reads, God comes to us disguised as...

Last weekend I spent a day at the beach with my grandchildren, their cousins, aunts, uncles, and parents. At one point, my four-year-old...

If you are like me, you have been carrying a heavy psychological burden for quite some time. I’m one of the lucky ones. I’m healthy,...

The poet Rumi suggests that we live with a deep secret that sometimes we know…then not…and then know again. The resurrection of Jesus...

Five minutes ago, the global crisis was the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, Covid has taken a backseat to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The...

A week before Christmas, I got an email from UCLA Health with tips for staying mentally healthy during the holidays. The tips included...

“The fact that Miriam of Nazareth has been depicted in so many diverse ways, from the humble handmaid to the powerful Queen of Heaven,...