Even though this is the last day of the Nine Days, if you’ve missed out on joining in, you can start your own nine day novena for life right now! There’s no limit to how and when this novena gets prayed. Learn more about the Nine Days initiative and find PDF’s with the prayers, as…
Read MoreGet caught up on the Nine Days initiative here. This is from the USCCB website… Intercession: For an end to legal abortion in our nation and for the conversion of all hearts, so that the inherent rights of every human being—especially those most at risk of abuse and rejection—will be upheld. Our Father, 3 Hail Marys, Glory…
Read MoreWe’re on Day 7 of a 9-day novena! The home stretch! Get caught up on the Nine Days initiative here. This is from the USCCB website… Intercession: For elected leaders who oppose any restriction on the abortion license: may God allow them to grasp the brutal violence of abortion and the reality of post-abortion suffering experienced by countless…
Read MorePray to support life initiatives in this country –especially the events taking place in Washington DC over this weekend. Are you late to this novena? No problem! Start today. Any and all prayer counts. Get caught up on the Nine Days initiative here. This is from the USCCB website… Intercession: For those whose work involves promoting abortion and…
Read MoreDon’t feel bad if you are late to this novena. Just start it today… All prayers count! And remember God can work outside of time limitations! Get caught up on the Nine Days initiative here. This is from the USCCB website… Intercession: For the doctors, nurses and counselors who now know they were wrong in cooperating with abortion:…
Read MoreGet caught up on the Nine Days initiative here. This is from the USCCB website… Intercession: For the parents who influenced their child’s choice to abort their grandchild: that they may have the humility and wisdom to see the wrong they’ve done and to seek forgiveness from God and from their child. Our Father, 3 Hail Marys,…
Read MoreThe Year of Faith is a great time to reboot one’s prayer life. Here’s what my column at Patheos offers this week… Prayer is something all Christians should be “practicing” — both corporately as a Church, and individually — and for a very good reason: the fruit of prayer can be a new heart and…
Read MoreToday’s Morning Prayer canticle from Deuteronomy captures this phrase: “He encircled him, he cared for him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. (Dt 32:10) Elsewhere in the Old Testament the Psalmist prays: “Keep me as the apple of the eye; hide me in the shadow of thy wings.” (Ps 17:8) The bible makes use of that…
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(Okay, so that’s really an 8-book list.) If you listen my podcast, Among Women, you know I have a passion for three things: first, to encourage women to grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ and their Catholic faith; second, to celebrate the beauty and genius of their womanhood; and third, to call women to…
Read MoreToday the optional memorial in the Church calendar is the Holy Name of Jesus. It’s not only the name for Our Lord and Savior, it makes a perfect prayer… “Jesus”. Here’s my own little homage to Jesus for today… a sampling from my column at Patheos… When I consider the proximity of Jesus to me…
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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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