Editor's Note: Rosy Hartz is a Catholic youth ministry leader in the Diocese of Las Vegas.  In this post, she shares personal reflections and feelings about the tragedy that occurred on October 1, 2017 . ​I was sleeping and it was the good kind of sleep.The kind that makes five minutes of sleep feels like eight hours. It was just that though. ...

Twice in the last several months I've had priests tell me to pray, "Jesus, I trust in you." One was to help me through my little sister's journey through pancreatic cancer into the loving arms of our heavenly Father. The other was in Confession, when I shared that it was a struggle to accept her death. I've been reflecting on trust ever since. The ...

The tugging of our heartstrings is important because a deep, lived, felt experience of compassion reminds us that we are all connected and we are one human family. Years ago, while traveling to Mexico on a mission trip, I came across a very young child who was naked and severely malnourished. She raised her arms up to me, like every child does, as ...