Mother Teresa's favorite gift

A touching story about a gift Mother Teresa once received that she kept on her desk for the rest of her life.

The conversion of a Jewish comedy writer

This is such a touching, beautiful story -- I just wish it were longer!

via New Advent

I Scream Therefore I Am

Some excellent thoughts on suffering:

But it seems to me that suffering (rather than proving that there is nothing) actually proves that there is everything--including a good God. The turning point is this question: if there is nothing but a meaningless void, then why do we think suffering is bad? Well, we think suffering is bad because it hurts. When I burn my hand on the stove it hurts. But if the cynical nihilist is right, we should be matter of fact about it and say, "Putting your hand on the stove hurts because if you left your hand there it would burn up and so you have nerve endings which give you negative sensations so that you will remove the hand and not burn it up. Pain is therefore a simple biological response of self preservation. So what. Why make such a big deal about it. It's not nice, but that's life. Bummer. Bad stuff happens. Accept it and move on."

Read the rest here.

All Sin Is Disgusting

A great post from Simcha.

The story of one mom who keeps putting off grad school for babies...

And doesn't regret it. Great post.

Panis Angelicus and Angela

A must-read post by Calah Alexander about how God brought good out of a missed confession.

The friar who evangelizes in the mall

Love this story.

What it means to be an altar server

Great article.

AP style essentials

This is definitely worth reading and printing for anyone who does any kind of writing. It's helpful to know what the standards are for writing formatting (e.g. when to use 6 and when to use six, etc.)

Clearing up annulment misconceptions

A helpful article.

How Ayn Rand ruined my childhood

A personal look at the fruits of the objectivist wordlview.

The hairbrush

A sweet story from Beth Moore: