Mary-ing Our Marthas
I was at a high school soccer game recently. I didn’t know the girls playing, but my second daughter was collecting the balls hit out
I was at a high school soccer game recently. I didn’t know the girls playing, but my second daughter was collecting the balls hit out
Dear Future Husband, I wonder what you are doing at this moment. Are you studying for finals? Maybe you’re chatting with friends, or are laughingly lost in
This has been a rough week for our family. On Wednesday our daughter, Evie, had a series of six seizures for no apparent reason. She had
“Abuse (and the trauma that results from it) causes not only the anxiety of meaninglessness and the anxiety of guilt, but also the anxiety of
“Things were in God’s plan which I had not planned at all. I am coming to the living faith and conviction that – from God’s
I remember I was walking down the hall one Sunday afternoon, after a very hectic lunch. On the third floor of the Mullen Home for
By guest writer Dominic Cooray. I came across an idea over at Art of Manliness that I took for granted as a kid: In his farewell address
We are in a spiritual battle right now. Society is challenging women, and the men that support them, to rethink femininity and what it means
Not just the Catholic world, but the whole world benefits greatly from the “voice” of Anthony Esolen and the special instruction he bequeaths to humanity
One of the questions I struggle with sometimes is how much time I ought to be spending in prayer on a daily basis. This is
If you love me, you will keep my commandments.[1] On the face of it, Christ’s words seem obvious: of course we’ll obey Christ because we
As a child, one of my favorite things about Christmas was the Nativity scenes. From the teeny-tiny one on my family’s home altar to the
Loneliness has two faces. One is human loneliness, and the other is loneliness for the divine. “My heart shall not rest until it rest in
In this technology-saturated world, Teresa Tomeo speaks from personal experience and candid observation on what we all need to do to be better followers of
One of the highlights of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land that I was on recently, was witnessing married couples renew their marriage vows in
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered. —G. K. Chesterton When I was little, one of my
The image of God that parents can portray is meant to make a mark in the hearts and memories of the children it serves. In
I am late writing this blog because I have been busy this week. I am almost always busy, but this week is busier than most
There are a great variety of vocations in life, but all require a deep, persistent love. Whether we look at our vocation in general terms
You may not be able to create life, but you can almost always save one. If you say yes.
(This post originally appeared on www.yellowpelican.net) It started with an episode of the Magic School Bus and ended with a trip to Urgent Care. Last