The house has been cleaned, the packages wrapped and then opened, the company’s been fed, we’ve laughed and cried and shared new and old memories, the house is a mess again.
Read MoreToday we celebrate the arrival of the King of kings!
Read MoreIt’s likely we are all familiar with the three wise men, who arrived at the Nativity scene, even if only through the Christmas hymn “We Three Kings.”
Read MoreWhile Luke’s Gospel focuses on Mary’s side of Christ’s miraculous birth, Matthew’s Gospel focuses on her husband, Joseph
Read MoreToday we read the Genealogy of Christ found in Matthew’s Gospel. Now I know this reading can be difficult to focus on.
Read MoreToday we look at the covenant God made with David. As we read yesterday, the Ark of the Covenant has been brought to Jerusalem and placed in a tent, where David sacrificed burnt offerings to the Lord.
Read MoreThe Ark of the Lord, also known as the Ark of the Covenant, was a tabernacle of sorts that housed the pot of manna
Read MoreToday we begin looking at the third covenant in this study, the last covenant of the Old Testament of which Christ is the fulfillment--God's covenant with David
Read MoreI love being Catholic, I really do. I love family traditions, and I thrive on routines, and both of these are cental to the Church.
Read MoreI find it incredible that a short, ragged, barefoot man who lived 800 years ago still influences people to this day.
Read MoreBlessed John Soreth was born in 1394 in Normandy and ordained a priest in 1417. It was in Normandy that he entered the Carmelite house.
Read MoreItalian layman Joseph Mayr-Nusser was a Catholic husband and father. He was a member of the Society of St Vincent de Paul and was actively involved in Catholic Action.
Read MoreAngelo Roncalli was a totally normal guy.
Read MoreVenerable Fulton Sheen is an American all-star Saint. He lived from 1895 to 1979, the era of television, radio, music videos, Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball, bell bottoms, political shifts, the Beetles and the Beach Boys.
Read MoreWho is this beautiful, young Italian saint who looks so much like one of us, who has been described as “remarkably average?
Read MoreSupermom! I have no doubt that my best friend Beth is headed for sainthood. I can only hope and pray that I am able to be with her.
Read MoreThere’s a quote from Pope St. John Paul II that I keep on my desk at work
Read MoreI’ve always felt like a fish out of water. My inmost me knows I would be most happy to live on a working farm.
Read MoreAs I read this passage from Psalms I cannot help but feel sadness, an aching in my heart.
Read MoreI recall as a young child going on a family vacation my family stopped to eat lunch at a restaurant. This was a real treat for us because my parents did not often have a lot of expendable cash for luxuries such as eating out, especially since we were a large family.
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