On November 18th, we celebrate the dedication of the basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul. Peter and Paul are tremendous saint of our Catholic Church. We know Jesus said, “And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church. The gates of the...
“Prayer is powerful! It fills the earth with mercy, it makes the Divine clemency pass from generation to generation. Right along the course of the centuries wonderful works have been achieved through prayer.” ~St. Frances Xavier Cabrini. November 13th is the feast of...
"Peace is the first thing the angels sang. Peace is the mark of the children of God. Peace is the nurse of love. Peace is the mother of unity. Peace is the rest of the blessed souls. Peace is the dwelling place of eternity" ~ Pope Leo the Great. The pope of peace! On...
“Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up” John 2:19. On November 9th, we celebrate the feast of our first temple with the dedication of St. John Lateran Archbasilica Cathedral in Rome. The church was dedicated in 324 A.D. and is still today the home...
“Everything, even sweeping, scraping vegetables, weeding a garden and waiting on the sick could be a prayer. If it were offered to God” ~ St. Martin de Porres. After celebrating the Church Triumphant and praying for the Church Suffering, it’s fitting November 3rd be...
“Others have died and are being purified” (The Catechism of the Catholic Church, 954). The holy souls in purgatory are known as the Church Suffering. On November 2nd, we have the very special privilege of praying to intercede for their souls. It is the one day a year...
This paragraph of the Catechism of the Catholic Church describes the Three States of the Church. Those three states are; the Church Militant, the Church Suffering, and the Church Triumphant. On November 1st, we celebrate, All Saints Day. We honor the Church...
“The wicked flee when no one is pursuing, but the righteous are bold as lions” Proverbs 28:1. There’s been a shift in the media in the last year that cannot go unnoticed. When I was in college, I did a research study on how media consumption effects our views of the...
“Passing encounters are only a caricature of love; they injure hearts and mock God’s plan” Pope St. John Paul II. The other day, a friend and I were reminiscing about our engagements before marriage. I dated my husband for nearly three years and then was engaged for...
So when He had washed their feet, He said to them: “Do you know what I have done for you? You call me Lord and Teacher; and you are right, for so I am. If I then, the Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet.” John 13:12-14. If...
We don’t always get what we want, but God gives us what we need. Last October, I gave birth to my beautiful daughter. Just days before my girl’s first birthday, a wonderful friend who helped deliver her birthed her first baby. Seeing my daughter grow up, seeing my...
“There is no true freedom except in the service of what is good and just,” (Catechism of the Catholic Church). Chastity is not accepted by society today. For instance, once, I was asked, “If you never had sex before marriage, how do you know it was worth the wait?”...