I realized I could fit in a very brief trip, but it would have to be on my own, without my family.

This month and next, as we celebrate all mothers and fathers, many of us will be in the blessed but challenging position of helping our parents navigate their older years, when human fragility can bring on sometimes all-encompassing vulnerability.

I sent my husband an email titled, “HALLELUJAH!”

When I baked this week, I decided to try to make a few muffins that were just the tops.

Mary, too, wants to be less of a guest in our lives and more of a mother to each of us.

I’m so grateful to have the photo our son captured of this wonderful priest’s warm smile.

We must be as unrelenting in our prayer, outreach and support as the Russians have been intheir attack.

Evil is real. But the power of goodness is greater. With Christ in us, and Mary with us, we dare to overcome evil with goodness and Godness.

It seems like only yesterday that Archbishop William E. Lori walked into a packed Cathedral of Mary Our Queen to be installed as
the 16th Archbishop of Baltimore.

It stands so tall and regal overhead,
As if it’s watching people walk below.
Some pass without a glance, some turn their head,
What seeds are sown we may not ever know.