Essays

How Am I to Love Neighbors Such as These?

            One Saturday morning, I came upon a collage of pictures of smiling men in striped jump suits in my social media feed.  There was such joy in the pictures!  My heart was...

Election Season and the Maccabean Revolt

            Maybe the world isn’t run by lizard people per se, but lately, I can certainly see what Saint John meant when he said “the whole world is in the power of the Evil One.” (1 John 5:19)...

The Children’s Mass

            There were a lot of babies and children at Mass.  Their sounds filled the air.  There was crying, laughing, burbling, shouting, loud whispering and the pitter-patter of little feet running to the bathroom or escaping the pew and running from their...

Mainstreaming Raw Dog

(Mom and Dad, if you read this, I forbid you from Googling that phrase! Trust me, you don't want to know.)             My husband has a whole pre-workout routine that involves taking his pre-workout drink,...
The Children’s Mass

The Children’s Mass

            There were a lot of babies and children at Mass.  Their sounds filled the air.  There was crying,...