#Fast4Francis – a way to prayerfully supports the Pope’s coming visit to the USA
The good people at Live the Fast are spearheading this campaign. Get full details and sign up here.
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Making God a Priority in Your Catholic Home: Resources to help parents be prayer leaders
Priorities, to-do lists, goals…. we all get it, we’ve all got so much time and we’ve got to budget it according to what we wish to achieve. The spiritual leadership in our homes must be a priority. As Catholics, our priorities are directed by the two great loves that could summarize the Ten Commandments: Love God…
Read MoreThis makes me think… entering into the place where Jesus is…
Not to know Scripture is not to know Jesus, Saint Jerome tells us. And we know Christ only if we are conversant with the words that are the words of God. Scripture tells us how such a oneness with Christ, such a penetration to the center, is to be achieved in practice. It tells us…
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Honoring Momma Mary, a new book: Word by Word, edited by Sarah Reinhard
Today is the feast of the Queenship of Mary, so it’s a great time to share this forthcoming book that honors Momma Mary! My pal, Sarah Reinhard, is an energetic author and a good ideas person. Her latest brainchild is this forthcoming book, Word by Word. So happy to have been able to add my own…
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4 hot button issues. Dr Jerome Lejeune covers them all in under 10 seconds.
From Celebrate Life magazine: Dr. Jérôme Lejeune, the scientist who discovered Down syndrome’s cause, and is now a candidate for sainthood. Posted by Women Speak for Themselves on Thursday, August 9, 2012
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My Year to Write Forewords: 3 great books coming from Melanie Rigney, Lisa Mladinich, and Maria Morera Johnson
When the first request came in, I was a bit shocked and humbled. Within a couple weeks two more invitations came in. Last winter, amidst the trials of being cooped up by continual snow storms, God gave me three new assignments in support of other writers with new books. It is with deep gratitude that…
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Sisters of Life featured in NY Times & WSJ! #YearOfConsecratedLife
Did you know that the Sisters of Life were founded by the late Cardinal John O’ Connor to serve the Church and, in particular, to spread the pro-life teachings of our faith and fight against the culture of death? And as this is the Year of Consecrated Life, let’s just take a few moments and…
Read MoreThis makes me think… the empty nest and growing older is a privilege…
Arriving at an older age is to be considered a privilege: not simply because not everyone has the good fortune to reach this stage in life, but also, and above all, because this period provides real possibilities for better evaluating the past, for knowing and living more deeply the Paschal Mystery, for becoming an example…
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I’m over at the WINE Blog… talking about the fantastic… the infinite…
Women In the New Evangelization = that’s WINE! I’m happy to be contributing to their blog this week! Catholics believe in the fantastic, the miraculous, and the infinite! God. Love. Forgiveness. Friendship. Heaven. Friendship with God of the universe! Joy for eternity! Truly, this is the stuff of celebration! I’m a wine drinker – and…
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Among Women Podcast 191: Jenny’s IVF Story — a powerful story of loss, healing, and redemption
This is a very important show for the Among Women audience since it is first time we’ve discussed in-vitro fertilization, both in relation to Catholic teaching, and within the life story of a guest. For many years I have searched for a guest who would dare to talk about this subject in a reasonable and…
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