Happy New Year, friends! Of all the New Year resolution articles, blogs, posts, and tweets I’ve read, this little reflection written by Swiss Schoenstatt Father, Nicolas Schwizer, is the best. Our resolutions usually are very one-sided – focusing on our own needs and betterment. Here, Fr. Nicolas agrees that we Read more
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Strength for the Family “Learning about football is a lot like learning about our Catholic faith. If we don’t understand it, we’ll have very little interest in it.” ~Strengthening Your Family: A Catholic Approach to Holiness at Home, Chapter Twenty-Four: End Zone It’s difficult to fully understand the mystery of Read more
This story on The Milwaukee JournalSentinel website really warmed my heart, in spite of the Midwest’s wintery temps. It’s nice to know that there still are folks who want to keep Christ in Christmas, even to the point of repeatedly replacing the Baby Jesus and hunting down the lost sheep. Read more
Strength for the Family “Our holiness also depends on the way we use the things that God gives us. We want to employ them in a heroic way, with a divine indifference that creates a balance between attachment and detachment.” ~Strengthening Your Family: A Catholic approach to Holiness at Home, Read more
Strength for the Family “Unlimited opportunities to practice the little virtues arise in daily life, especially in our domestic church. While they’re considered the smallest of the virtues, they’re certainly not the easiest.” ~Strengthening Your Family: A Catholic Approach to Holiness at Home, Chapter Seventeen: Detached Attachments St. Francis de Read more
Strength for the Family “The sacraments are part of the privilege of our royal heritage, and so we receive them as often as we can. Jesus stressed the importance of the sacraments when he said: “Abide in me and I in you. As a branch cannot bear fruit by itself, Read more