The little way to pray all day, even if you have no time to spare!Elizabeth Scalia
There is a saying, dubiously attributed to St. Francis de Sales but it sounds more like Venerable Fulton Sheen to me: "Every one of us needs half an hour of prayer every day, except when we are busy -- ...
Meeting Jesus at midnight or in the wee small hours Elizabeth Scalia
We all have them, those desperate times, particularly in the wee small hours of the morning, when illness or anxiety pulls us up from our beds and down to our knees, or keeps us on our feet, pacing the ...
Endless filth needs transparency, truth, tiers and tearsElizabeth Scalia
It was terrible to learn that Jean Vanier -- whom so many Catholics had looked up to as the saintly, heroic founder of L'Arche -- had been manipulating and abusing women who came to him seeking spiritual ...
Pope Francis: 10 titles for 10 years Elizabeth Scalia
Before he was known for anything else, Pope Francis was known as "the first non-European pope in nearly 1,300 years." Over the last 10 years, he has led the church with energy and optimism, traveling ...
Why it is good and necessary to take pajama daysElizabeth Scalia
Lather. Rinse. Repeat. Although I've given up grousing for Lent, I recently found myself complaining to anyone who would listen that life was beginning to feel like the instructions on a bottle of ...
Praying for Bishop Alvarez, with Benedict, Van Thuan and Kung Elizabeth Scalia
In recent news, a train derailment in Ohio threatens to spread toxicity throughout the environment. In recent news, the U.S. government is shooting "spy balloons" and other unknown objects from the sky. In ...
A terrible unity: Tyre Nichols cries out and the nation hearsElizabeth Scalia
"Mama!" "Mom!" "Ma!" The call, the voices -- they come like distant echoes, and always when I am least expecting it. Often, they resound through my memory in those shadowed minutes before sleep comes. "Mama!" ...
It is good to let the jeering skulls laugh Elizabeth Scalia
Like St. Teresa of Avila, I have a skull on my desk. Two, actually -- one plain and one riotously decorated in green and purple. I think they're funny; they remind me not to take myself, or the world, ...
