Trish Stukbauer

Why grief feels worse at night (and what to do when everyone else is sleeping)

rief doesn’t just hurt—it waits for the dark. If nights have become the hardest part of your loss, this is for you.

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Should I Be Over This By Now? What Faith Says About Grief and Time

Grief doesn’t follow a timeline—but many people still wonder if they should be “over it” by now. This reflection explores what Scripture and faith really say about grief, love, and the passage of time.

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What to Say When Someone Is Grieving – And What Not To

In moments of grief, words can feel inadequate. Yet faith teaches us that presence, prayer, and small gestures of mercy often speak louder than anything we might say.

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Prayers We All Should Know: The St. Joseph Prayer

Did you know there is a prayer that has never been known to fail? Let's look at the history of the Saint Joseph Prayer and what it means to Catholics today.

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Stories We All Should Know: Our Lady of Olives

It drew me like a magnet as I waiting in an endless line at an antique mall filled with treasures just outside Charlotte, N.C. Right by the checkout line, pinned to a vintage white fabric dress form, was a collection of blue and white plaid ribbons with various charms hanging from each. The sign above them read: “Purchased from a Spanish flea market.”

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Waiting on God

It’s been said that God answers every prayer. Sometimes he says yes; sometimes he says no; and sometimes he says not yet. It’s that last one that is by far the most difficult to cope with for most of us.

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Prayers We All Should Know: The Rosary

As Catholics, we are blessed to share a rich and vibrant prayer heritage that has accumulated over literally thousands of years. One staple of our Catholic tradition is a treasured collection of prayers that most of us were taught from a very young age – the Rosary.

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How to Pray When You Screw Up

We all mess up sometimes – it’s part of being human. We say things we shouldn’t. We do what we know is wrong; or perhaps, we fail to do what we know is right. Fortunately, we Catholics have the Sacrament of Reconciliation, where we can tell God how we messed up, that we’re sorry and will try not to do it again, and receive His forgiveness.

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Prayers We All Should Know: The Guardian Angel Prayer

As Catholics, we are blessed to share a rich and vibrant prayer heritage that has accumulated over literally thousands of years. Over time, many of these prayers have been sadly neglected or just not taught – and as a result, not said – as often as they once were.

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Prayers We All Should Know: The Anima Christi

As Catholics, we are blessed to share a rich and vibrant prayer heritage that has accumulated over literally thousands of years. Over time, many of these prayers that once were mainstays of our faith have been sadly neglected or just not taught – and as a result, not said – as often as they once were. One of these is a prayer that dates back to the 14th century – the Anima Christi.

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Why do you Pray to Dead People?

It’s one of the topics that seems to be the most misunderstood – and sometimes among the most deliberately and maliciously twisted – about our Catholic faith: our close relationship to the saints.

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Prayers We All Should Know: The Saint Michael Prayer

As Catholics, we are blessed to share a rich and vibrant prayer heritage that has accumulated over literally thousands of years. Over time, many of these prayers that once were mainstays of our faith have been sadly neglected or just not taught – and as a result, not said – as often as they once were.

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Why You Must Vote Pro-Life

There are so many pressing issues impacting our country today, from the economy, healthcare and religious freedom to national defense, immigration and jobs for Americans here at home. How candidates for political office stand on each of these issues can vary greatly, even within the same party. So how do you prioritize issues and decide who deserves your vote?

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Want to Make a Difference? Get Off Your Butt!

We live in an age of ribbons and hashtags. It seems that no matter where we turn, we are confronted by ribbons on cars, social media profile pictures awash in different colors for varied causes, and hashtags urging you to save everything from the whales to the planet to your favorite vegetable.

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Finding God in 140 Characters or Less

Can any of you religious people out there tell me where God was in this tragedy? That plea went out several months ago on an acquaintance’s social media page after a particularly horrific story hit the news. While my first instinct was to start typing, I ultimately chose not to respond.

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