Today we celebrate the Feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola. And so, some questions to mark the occasion: Who is…
“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.”[i] That’s the opening line from J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved work, aptly…
Oftentimes, when we employ our prayerful imagination in considering the Nativity story, we perceive the depth of emotion within Mary…
I’ll admit, it’s a bit of an odd choice for a child’s favorite Christmas song. There are no cheery jingle…
When I was a freshman in college, I was overwhelmingly homesick. I’d moved across the country with barely a backwards…
For an Advent song, “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” is surprisingly somber, especially at the start. It doesn’t sparkle —…
Jesus Christ would have been an abject failure on “Shark Tank.” You can picture the scene: Standing before the sharks,…
In the Bing Crosby soundtrack of my childhood, “The Littlest Angel” was a Christmas favorite. It tells of a 4-year-old…
As Catholic Christians, we hold pretty big and bold ideas and names for Mary. She is the Mother of God,…
“Why should I give thanks on Thanksgiving?” wonders Charlie Brown’s little sister Sally in the 1973 animated classic, “A Charlie…