Blog
Chapel Hill and wearing our ashes in public
Join host John Harper and I on Relevant Radio’s “Morning Air”, tomorrow, February 18 at 8:20am CST as we chat about the Chapel Hill shootings and wearing our ashes in public. Your thoughts?
Blog
Growing through Lent on Relevant Radio’s Morning Air
Have you decided what you’re giving up for Lent yet? Ash Wednesday is only a week away! Perhaps you’ll decide not to give anything up at all once you read my latest post at Catholic to the Core. Why I’m not giving anything up for Lent Then, join host John Read more…
Blog
Why NOT to watch the video of Jordanian pilot Muadh al-Kasabeh being burned alive
Fox News has embedded on their website the video of Jordanian pilot Muadh al-Kasabeh being burned alive by ISIS – all 22 gruesome minutes of it. Here are five reasons to seriously consider NOT watching the video. My latest at “Catholic to the Core” on Patheos Catholic Image: Wikimedia Read more…
Blog
Ran out of wine? Try this.
Sometimes, it’s someone else with a need, “Mother, they have no wine.” Sometimes it’s my family with a need, “Mother, we have no wine.” Often, it’s me who is needy. “Mother, I have no wine.” Each time, I ask our Blessed Mother to intercede for the person in need, to compel her Son to perform yet another miracle.
Blog
Pope Francis on mothers and the “martyrdom” of those who struggle
“The Church tells us again and again to honor our fathers and mothers, and it speaks with flourish about the beauty and fruitfulness of the vocation of motherhood. It tells us how to be good, holy mothers, but it doesn’t always clearly tell us what to do when ours hasn’t Read more…
Blog
Houston, are you ready for me?
I hear that excitement is mounting for my appearance at the St. Anne’s Society “Mom’s 3-Treat”: this Saturday, January 10 at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Houston, TX. Registrations are streaming in as I prepare to speak about “Spirituality of Womanhood,” “Fortifying Your Marriage,” and “Strengthening Your Family.” Plus, Read more…
Blog
Broadsided, but still standing
Over the years, I’ve discovered that figuring out a new road to take is far less important than the process of regrouping, recouping, and getting back up on my feet. In most cases, I discovered years later that I actually benefited from the broad siding, even though that seems an Read more…