Everyday Miracles

Before Michelle Davis said goodbye to her 17-year-old son, Nathan, she tried to convince him to stay home. She’d didn’t like his bull riding, but until this moment, she had never asked Nathan not to ride. The mother of five had been…

A friend told me that he saw my picture in a 30th-anniversary issue of my hometown newspaper, the Forest City Summit. It was a picture of me along with the other members of the Miss Forest City Pageant court smiling at the camera. Miss…

When I was a kid, growing up on a farm in northern Iowa, we had a plump, white and shades of brown English shepherd dog named “Pup” — later called “Old Pup” when she started getting on in years. She was a gentle and helpful beloved family…

My van skidded to a stop when the sign by the railroad track flashed red — there hadn’t been any advanced warning light. Seconds later, I felt the impact of the other vehicle crashing into my van, but at first, I didn’t know what had…

Do you know that feeling when you are sure that God has answered your prayers? I have felt heaven's touch in my life mostly through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin and St. Anthony. Of course, I know that I can pray directly to God,…

A silver medalist at the 2016 Paralympics, road cyclist Ryan Boyle, 24, lives at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The day I called him for an interview, he was packing to fly to Belgium for the 2018 UCI…

Every March, Rebekah Buell can’t stop thinking how she almost ended her unborn baby’s life on her eldest son’s birthday. “I think a lot about what might have happened. I can’t imagine waking up on March 14 pretending to be happy,” Buell…

For three years, Anne Galea’s son, Rob, 17, had been out of control. She felt helpless watching him spiral downward. Unbeknown to Rob, she would stand outside his bedroom door and pray as she listened to him sob. Praying was all she could…

Prisoners — especially those in maximum-security for committing terrible crimes — are the most forgotten members of society. We mistakenly assume that they have nothing to offer. Twelve Catholic inmates in Missouri showed that prisoners…