On January 1, the Catholic Church celebrates the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God – a holy day that is easily forgotten amid the hoopla over the New Year. Here’s why Mary’s solemnity is so important and a few ideas for how to celebrate it. My latest at National Catholic Read more…
We all know that the “nasty guy” likes to hassle folks who are trying to do good things for God’s Kingdom. This past week, it was my turn to be the brunt of his hassling. Toward the beginning of the week, both my business email and website went down, and Read more…
Mary would love to be your handmaid, if only you would allow her to be… http://catholicmom.com/2013/12/17/advent-with-mary-mary-your-handmaid/
It’s a bit late in the day, but not too late to recite this beautiful prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe on her feast day! Please join me…
Virgin of Guadalupe,
Patroness of unborn children,
we implore your intercession
for every child at risk of abortion.
Help expectant parents to welcome from God
the priceless gift of their child’s life. (more…)
The angel Gabriel told Mary that God was asking something truly great of her. How would you react if God asked something truly great of you? http://catholicmom.com/2013/12/12/advent-with-mary-marys-calm-wonder/
Edward Looney has a passion for sharing a story of faith. While pursuing his dream of becoming a priest, Edward has authored five books published through Tau Publishing. Four of these books (three adult and one children’s) pertain to the only ecclesiastically approved Marian apparition site in the United States—The Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Champion, Wisconsin. Recently Edward published his second children’s book, Breakfast in Bethlehem. Today I’m happy to share his (more…)
Mary set all of her own concerns aside in order to make the difficult, seventy-mile journey to help her cousin, Elizabeth. Could we put our concerns aside in order to go out of our way to help someone else? http://catholicmom.com/2013/12/10/advent-with-mary-marys-selflessness/