Learning About Self-Donation at the Gym
I was reflecting on my first month of the new year and my resolution/theme of “stronger.” I’ve been going to the gym a lot this
I was reflecting on my first month of the new year and my resolution/theme of “stronger.” I’ve been going to the gym a lot this
Don’t doubt it: your vocation is the greatest grace our Lord could have given you. Thank Him for it. -St. Josemaria Escriva I know this
I was recently invited to read and review A Single Bead. Written by Stephanie Engelman (who blogs over at A Few Beads Short) this beautiful
I’ve been mulling over a lot of things lately, but one thread that runs through all the variables in my life right now is simple:
When planning a trip, Catholics must consider when, where, and how to insert Sunday Mass into the itinerary. During these times, the duty imposed by
I was recently doing some research for a project I’m working on, and I came across this quote (said by Jesus to Faustina) in St.
Questions such as communion for the divorced and remarried, female deacons, and acceptance of homosexual relationships have dominated the media discussion about the Synod that
Every week my wife and I bring our two young children to Mass. We typically go to Mass at the same time each week. We
My husband works at our Archdiocesan seminary, and we try to meet him for Mass there at least once a week. The other day, I
Enviably, I recently canvassed a room full of young people, my students, about church attendance. The occasion was an all-school Mass earlier that day. A non-Catholic student broached
Where did your family eat dinner last night? In front of the TV? In the car on the way to sport? At McDonald’s? At the
In a recent post I talked about how much Evie hates her carseat, because she hates to be all by herself in the back seat.
May 31, 2014 – A day different from all others for me. Half asleep and running on fumes, in the wee hours of the morning, I
I can’t stop talking about my daughter. Well, I could, but I have absolutely no desire to. I want to take a zillion more pictures
When choosing my Confirmation saint, I had only one requirement – that the saint be someone no one else was likely to choose. I wanted
When I first heard of the new Curious Little Catholic series I jumped for joy. As the mother of a two year old and a
Fairy tales (especially princesses and Santa Claus) get a lot of crap. From comments such as, “princesses teach girls that the only way to attain
Since becoming a father I can’t even count the number of times I have heard variations of “Oh, you’ll see, just wait. Once you have
I went to Confession one recent Saturday morning, planning on receiving the sacrament before Mass. As I drove to the church, I was doing my
“Rising very early before dawn, he left and went off to a deserted place, where he prayed. Simon and those who were with him pursued
Every once in a while, God gives us glimpses of heaven: a beautiful sunset, the joy of a newlywed couple at their wedding, the birth of