Faith and Family

When I was pregnant with my children, I used to spend endless hours wondering whether they would look more like me or my husband or what characteristics of ours I wished they did—or didn’t—inherit.

When kids are little, one of the first rules many parents teach them is to play nicely. Unfortunately, somewhere along the line as we start to grow up, we tend to forget that lesson ourselves.

This week, Jesus uses the example of a fig tree to explain the way in which the son of man will come.

I’m not a fan of water. Our bad relationship started in my youth while I was taking swim lessons. I was taking the lessons because my mom, who was afraid of water and never learned to swim, wanted to make ...

In this week's Gospel, Jesus tells the crowds that the small donation of a widow was greater than the large sums of money donated by the wealthy.

In this week's Gospel for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary time, we hear the story of Bartimeaus, a blind man, who has his sight restored by Jesus.