You try your hardest. Over and over again. It’s not that you don’t want to meditate on the life of our Lord and Savior through the guidance of our Blessed Mother. You absolutely do. But let’s face it. You’re exhausted. Your prayer time isn’t exactly your time of optimal alertness…

His assistance will likely hurt — Nothing says surrender like sitting bent over on a yoga mat on the floor, half-naked, bawling from a mixture of excruciating pain and feelings of utter confusion and helplessness. Severe pelvic pain. For the first time in years. A few hours before you’re supposed to leave for work. On one…

This is a difficult year to be thankful for. 2020 has felt like the onset of Armageddon for most, with COVID-19 at the forefront of everything. To make matters worse, the pandemic has now bled into the holiday season. Thanksgiving arrives alongside another COVID surge as shut-down measures return and…

A Halloween Like No Other Is Still Halloween — Ah, Halloween. The most spirited holiday of the year. Imaginative, spine-tingling, sugar-rush-inducing. Usually full of joy, laughter… and screams. But this year, Covid-19 hangs heavy in the air like a black cloud. Anxiety, concern, and frustration displace the usual excitement of the season. And all the normal activities that could…

Feeling a dull pain in your lower back? Or a sharper pain? More like pins and needles? You absentmindedly bent over to pick up a box in the garage and felt it the moment you attempted to lift. Or perhaps the rainy weather triggered another arthritis flare-up. Maybe lower back…