Carlo Acutis and the Gift of Presence
“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” Often attributed to John Lennon, this quote from American journalist Allen Saunders speaks to me especially this week of April 21, 2025, as I write this piece...
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Surprised by Grace
I rise before the sun this morning to the smell of coffee in the kitchen. Another day in Eden awaits.
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Let Us Be Followers of Francis
On the brink of election season, it already feels like the tension in our country has reached a peak unparalleled in my lifetime.
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Mother Teresa’s Road to Sainthood
Scarcely two years after the death of Mother Teresa in September 1997, the Archbishop of Calcutta requested that Pope John Paul II dispense with the five-year waiting period required before beginning the process of beatification and canonization.
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Mother Teresa and Francis of Assisi: Two Saints, One Spirit
Every day after Holy Communion, Mother Teresa and her community would say the Peace Prayer of Saint Francis.
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Holy Quotes from Mother Teresa
The call to holiness guided Mother Teresa throughout her life.
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