Not all of us have grown up in a storybook family, with a storybook home, and storybook Christmas. For some, the past reads more like a horror novel, the scenes of which taunt us and throw a shadow over our joy.
Realizing I had to adjust my plans and even then struggled for success made me honestly feel my weakness, which made me realize even more how desperately I need a Savior, which made me yearn even more for the coming of that Magnificent Child on Christmas night!
The dogma of the Immaculate Conception – that Mary was conceived without sin and remained without sin throughout her life – is one of the hardest of the Church teachings for skeptics to believe.
On this Feast of St. Nicholas, join me for praying for the protection and well-being of children everywhere.
As I walked the grounds of the Shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows in Starkenburg, Missouri, it was as if I could hear the whisper of history. It came alive for me that day, and still is living in my heart.
Seeing your mother as a child of God may seem like an impossibility. Consider St. Paul. He himself admitted that he had been a terrible sinner. Yet God not only forgave him, but had an important purpose for him. FROM FORGIVING MOTHER: A MARIAN NOVENA OF HEALING AND PEACE “Paul Read more
St. Therese of Lisieux is undoubtedly one of the Church’s most cherished saints. All of the saints are precious to us, but there are things about the Little Flower that makes her personable, relatable, and understandable. One could write volumes about her – indeed, there already are volumes written about Read more