When doing live radio, it can happen that things don’t come out exactly as we intended them to and time whips by so fast that we don’t get the chance to clarify before the end of the show.
That happened to me today on EWTN Radio’s “At Home with Jim & Joy” with hosts Jim and Joy Pinto. We were chatting about marriage and what parents should and should not do in (more…)
Hello, friends! Tomorrow, Thursday, July 11 at 1pm CST, I’ll be chatting with Jim & Joy Pinto on EWTN Radio’s “At Home with Jim & Joy.” We’ll be talking about parents and their children’s weddings – what TO do, and what NOT to do. To prepare for the show, I’m Read more
Poor Ms. Daisy. She’s been going through a terribly rough time since our middle son moved out after his wedding. In fact, I believe she’s been completely traumatized.
When Luke still lived at home, Daisy slept in his bed with him whenever he slept and then nestled into the bedding alone when he wasn’t around. No (more…)
Yesterday, those of us living in the United States celebrated our Independence Day, commemorating the day in 1776 when the new American colonies declared their independence from England. Since then, each year we celebrate our freedom with parades, picnics, and fireworks all across the country.
Today, we have another reason to celebrate – this time with the universal Church – as we commemorate the release of Pope Francis’ first encyclical, Lumen Fidei, or the Light of Faith. The encyclical reflects on the Year of Faith and was begun by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI while he was still Pope. After his resignation, the (more…)
I had a great chat with Sean Herriot this morning on Relevant Radio’s “Morning Air.” We talked about the importance of praying the Rosary and I shared some insights from my own life in regard to the necessity and benefits of this beautiful form of prayer and meditation.
For me, there are three main components of praying the Rosary:
1. Educative: When we pray the Mysteries of the Rosary, we (more…)
Why say the Rosary? Listen to Relevant Radio’s Morning Air with host Sean Herriot tomorrow, Thursday, June 27 at 8:40am CST and you’ll find out. Sean and I will be chatting about the importance of saying the Rosary as part of Morning Air’s Fornight for Freedom programming. You can listen Read more
Pope Francis’ General Audience address is packed with words of wisdom and encouragement (as usual), but there is one line that especially sticks with me. “This tells us that no one is useless in the Church – no on is useless in the Church! – and should anyone chance to say, some one of you, ‘Get home with you, you’re useless!’ that is not true,” he said earlier today at the Vatican.
No one is useless in the Church. I like this because it can (more…)