Katie Zalany

Infertility Awareness Week

This week is Infertility Awareness Week and as a Catholic woman I wanted to share how important it is that the Church recognize this week and the inherent challenges that Catholic infertile women face in today’s society.

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Sometimes We Must Believe Before We See

Sometimes we have to believe in something before we see it. Jesus’ resurrection was that for Thomas. The resurrections of our own lives are often those situations we must believe are coming before we see in our actual lives.

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Reflecting on the Death & Resurrection of Jesus

Today we enter into Palm Sunday and Holy Week and can reflect on two Paschal Mystery realities: the Death and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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The Lord Knows Better

In the Gospel this week, Mary and Martha wanted Jesus to heal their brother Lazarus before he died. Instead, Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead. Similar outcome, but different means of accomplishing what Mary and Martha desired.

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Man Sees Appearance, But The Lord Looks Into The Heart

Lent is a dedicated time for us to spend time on our hearts and less time on our appearances. Molding our hearts into the images and likeness of God through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. At this mid-way Lenten checkpoint: How are we doing with that so far?

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Our Thirsts & Encounters with Jesus

Today’s Gospel shows us that we all thirst to be known, loved, and respected by Jesus like the woman at the well. This is the deepest thirst of our hearts.

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Rise, Be Transfigured, and Do Not Be Afraid

In the Gospel today, Jesus came and touched them, saying, “Rise, and do not be afraid.”

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Sometimes You Choose Lent; Sometimes Lent Chooses You

Sometimes you choose Lent. You choose what you’re giving up as a sacrifice or doing more of to make Christ more of the center of your life. It’s intentional. Other times, Lent chooses you and it’s not something you choose. It's unintentional. Life gives you a Lenten experience you may not have chosen for yourself.

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Gospel Living: The Key to Our Healing & Happiness

Essentially we are encouraged to live works of mercy and light in today's readings. They bring to mind a key question: Is Gospel living, works of mercy, and acting in justice how we are truly healed and how light rises for us in the gloom and darkness?

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Do You See Yourself In the Beatitudes?

Do you see yourself in any of the Beatitudes, or do you not see yourself in any of the Beatitudes? In either case, there's a lesson for us in today's Gospel.

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In This Winter Season of Gloom

We hear these words in Isaiah today at Mass, and they should provide comfort to us in this winter season of gloom and winter storm that so many of us are enduring: “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shown.”

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How to Glorify God

Today, we are reminded that God has formed us, called us, and sent us to others to do God’s will and thereby glorify God. It is through us that He shows His glory if we follow His paths. But how do we actually glorify God?

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Love and Justice: The Call of Every Baptized

Today in the Mass Readings, we hear two important messages to Jesus from God: You are my Beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. I have called you for the victory of justice. Jesus is God’s Beloved Son, whom he loves, cherishes, and sends to earth to bring forth justice for the oppressed. As the baptized, we are called to do the same.

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Go and Search Diligently For the Child Jesus

The lesson on this Epiphany Sunday is that we too must go and search diligently for Jesus each and every day of our lives, using the signs along the way that God uses to point our way to Him. And the way to search for Him?

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Being a Holy Family: A Life Centered on Church

Did you ever notice that many of the references to the Holy Family center around them being at the Temple? So it is with our families, that our life should center on the Church if we wish to be a holy family.

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