From the Vine

By Kathleen Billings Last Spring, my husband and I were blessed to visit the Grand Canyon for the first time, crossing an item off our bucket list! I clearly remember my heart rate accelerating [...]

By Emily Cavins   Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread. As they were saying this, Jesus himself stood among them. But they [...]

By Melanie Rigney   We shake our heads and click our tongues over Thomas and his refusal to believe Jesus lived, despite the witness of the other disciples. Did he really think they were all [...]

By Deborah Kendrick   “O Happy Day . . . O Happy Day when Jesus washed my sins away. . .” the songwriter was extoling that which we celebrate this very day, the Resurrection of Jesus.  Across [...]

By Jill Mraz This Easter marks the five year anniversary of my return to the Catholic Church. Recently I came across this piece which I wrote shortly before that transformative Vigil Mass. [...]

By Stephanie Landsem Confession has always been tough for me. Not because I have a long list of mortal sins—I’m probably no less or more sinful than most of the confessors that step behind the [...]

By Anne Carraux   Sometimes the pain of earthly life is acute, such that it is felt even by those who just stand next to tragedy. In the last two weeks, our parish community experienced a [...]

By Sarah Damm   Perfectionism is a struggle that comes in all shapes and sizes. It often accuses us of being less than and hinders us from being true to the unique creations God made us to [...]

By Caralyn   Well here we are, Lent, week three. While the world is gearing up for Green Beer Day on St. Paddy’s in the coming weeks, we Catholics are dutifully putting our heads down [...]

By Karen Sheehy Father Abraham, how did you do it? How did you stay focused on the divine when everyone had forgotten the God of their Fathers, the God who created the heavens and the earth? How [...]