Jesus Is a People Person With all the news about our new pope (shout out to Pope Leo XIV!) I’ve been thinking a lot about our beautiful church. Not the church as a building, although many churches are indeed beautiful, but the church as a community of believers in Jesus Christ. One of my favorite … Continued

EXTRA Ordinary Time When we look at the Catholic liturgical calendar, Ordinary Time takes over a majority of the year. Green seems to take over the whole calendar, with only bits of pink, purple, and gold thrown in. Sometimes red, too! Seasons of Advent, Lent, Easter, or Christmas all seem to stand out more than … Continued

Becoming a Holy Family I used to try and use the number of siblings I have as a way to impress my classmates in grade school. “I have two siblings,” they’d offer, “how many siblings do you have?” “I’ve got five!” I would blurt out. Clearly, five is bigger and better than two. And back … Continued