I am Catholic. I explain that to give context. Last summer on retreat, I  watched “Entertaining Angels” (the Dorothy Day story), and was deeply moved by the hospitality Day extended to the poor, lost, and homeless in New York. At the time of my retreat, my husband and I were going through a life-changing transition. We were passionately…

Recently I read The Hidden Life, which is a collection of essays written by Edith Stein (St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross). Edith was born a Jew into a…