Happy Mother’s Day! From my book, Blessed, Beautiful, and Bodacious: The maternal mission is also the basis of a particular responsibility. The mother is appointed guardian of life. It is her task to accept it with care, encouraging the human being’s first dialogue with the world, which is carried out precisely in the symbiosis with…
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^How did you like that retro photo Mother’s Day, circa 1990. Yours truly with two kids back then and a pinned up perm. Yikes! ::: Buddy Greene, from a song-writing perspective, was always a one-hit wonder in my mind. I always appreciated his song about the virtuous woman described in this loosely paraphrased song that…
Read MoreAve Maria Press invited me and Terry Polakovic, the Executive Director of ENDOW, and the writer of the Foreword of Blessed, Beautiful, and Bodacious to give some background on the catechesis that the book is based upon. If you’re a catechist, or you are looking to begin conversations with women in your parish, these powerpoint…
Read MoreSpiritual motherhood… means nurturing the emotional, moral, cultural, and spiritual life in others. All women are called to give birth — physically and/or spiritually. All women are called to be Christ bearers, to receive divine life in the womb of their souls and bear Christ to the world. All women are called to see in…
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Read MoreThis week on Among Women, as we enter May – the month that recognizes Mary and celebrates motherhood — I share some of Blessed John Paul II’s wisdom on the marriage of Mary and Joseph, via the teaching found in Redemptoris Custos. I also welcome Katherine Robinson Coleman as my guest. Katherine is the graphic…
Read More[Paraphrasing Jesus:] “I did not wipe tears from the face of sorrow to lay sorry by. I did not touch pain with a fierce redeeming beauty to have done with it; I cannot give myself into the arms of death to cast death aside! I made all these things my own that they glory of…
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And so it comes down to this… today we’ve met the goal of skimming ten themes in my new book, Blessed, Beautiful, and Bodacious: Celebrating the Gift of Catholic Womanhood, over ten days… Ten Bodacious Basics, Ten Minutes at a Time. I’ve had a blast recording the audio tour segments, and I’m very happy that…
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One of the most tenderly written blogs on faith and family life, In the Heart of My Home, by Elizabeth Foss* is host to the Ten Bodacious Basics Blog Tour today. And I couldn’t be more tickled to have Elizabeth as a hostess. Today’s theme is spiritual motherhood, and it pairs ever so nicely with…
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The blog tour in support of my book, Blessed, Beautiful, and Bodacious, makes a stop today over at the Amazing Catechists website, courtesy of its founder, Lisa Mladinich. Here’s a quick audio review of what it’s about: listen to ‘Blog Tour for "Blessed, Beautiful, & Bodacious"’ on Audioboo Today’s segment focuses on the significance…
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Here it’s coffee and conversation, and where the faith-sharing is often a friendly mix of catechesis and cannoli. It’s a place where we can catch up…
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