Dear Friends in Christ, I pray that your Lenten journey is bearing great fruit! When I wrote the blog, “Keep Moving Forward,” that particular phrase kept bumping into me over a very short span of time. I felt that the Holy Spirit wanted me to meditate on it and share it with you. This has happened […]
Dear Friends in Christ, Years ago, my sweet husband and I went on our honeymoon to Prince Edward Island in Canada. People thought it was quite odd since most folks headed to Hawaii, the Caribbean, or Europe. Do you want to know why we went there? I am a big fan of Anne of Green […]
I have come to love Lent. I like a challenge but I need accountability and structure. So the Church in her wisdom gave us this beautiful opportunity to take a look at our souls and sweep away the weaknesses, sins, and habits that enslave us. “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Interestingly, the […]
Although I have never been to Lourdes, I feel that the beauty, mystery, and graces of Lourdes came to me and my parish. A couple of years ago, I was privileged to help out with the high school girl’s group and I met a teenager named, Emma. You just had to look at her face to […]
In 1844 France, there lived a gentle, poor, and uneducated girl named Bernadette Soubirous. The family lived in inhumane conditions because her father had lost his job and had been accused of stealing. Their home was a concrete room in a building that used to be a prison. Bernadette was often ill. She was 14 years […]
Dear Friends in Christ, The past year has been filled with uncertainty, disruption, and fear. The evil one would like for us to fret constantly but worry has no power here because we have Jesus Christ, our Lord, and Savior, the Prince of Peace. He has conquered sin and death so we know that ALL […]
Dear Friends in Christ, If you read my contact page you know that I am married to my St. Joseph. Yes, it’s true! He embodies St. Joseph in his example of humility, holiness, protection of me and our family, self-sacrifice, and desire to always do God’s will. A couple of months before Pope Francis announced […]
This is a great spiritual quote for the New Year and the motto of a young and courageous Sister Clare Crocket. The Holy Spirit led me to a video of her life a few months ago and it was so moving that I read the book about her, Alone with Christ Alone, which coincidentally just became available. Clare […]
Tomorrow, we celebrate the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. I love the Greek word, Theotokos, which translates to God-bearer. Her humility and her loving “fiat” allowed her to bear the greatest gift in history, our Savior, Jesus Christ. My Angel Mom said that growing up in Hungary they had a saying that what you do […]
Two days ago was the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. It was not until my daughter came home from high school all aglow and bursting with excitement that I fully appreciated the precious gift God gave us centuries ago. With great enthusiasm and reverence, she told me all the miraculous findings about the story […]