Catholic Journal

In the Company of à Kempis

My mother, both of her sisters, and their mother all had breast cancer. My Aunt Emma Jean is the...

Divergence in Daycare

Before proceeding, let me clarify the purpose of this reflection. Daycare in a time of genuine...

All Essays

Showing Our Love

This past week, I’ve been thinking about what a now-deceased friend told me about his dear mother. Each day, he would call her to wish her a good day, share with her what was going on in his life, and then leave...

The Love that Jesus Reveals to Us

The passage from the Gospel of John (14: 15-21) speaks so intensely of intimacy that it stirs in us sentiments of warm, sacred reverence. They are words spoken in a most uncommon setting by Jesus only hours before...