by Michelle C. Martin | Nov 24, 2024 | Church, Family Life, Marriage, Parenting, Prayer, Society, Spirituality, Teachings
In 1925, Pope Pius XI instituted the feast of Christ the King. Celebrated on the last Sunday before Advent, this feast concludes our liturgical year. Pius explained his reasoning for this feast in his encyclical Quas Primas “In the first”. He must reign in our minds,...
by Michelle C. Martin | Sep 26, 2024 | Church, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Parenting, Society, Spirituality, Teachings
“Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth” Genesis 1:28. After God banishes Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, He...
by Michelle C. Martin | Mar 19, 2024 | Church, Liturgy, Prayer, Teachings
St. Joseph: little known, never failing. March 19th is the solemnity of St. Joseph! It is a great day to go to Mass and to celebrate God’s goodness in the midst of Lent. Joseph is revered in the Catholic Church as the foster father of Jesus. He was Mary’s husband and...
by Michelle C. Martin | Sep 28, 2023 | Family Life, Parenting, Prayer, Spirituality
The most perfect love and most perfect trust we can see… is a child with their parents. I’ve had many opportunities lately to reflect on the incredible trust and love a child inherently has for their parents. As Peter grows up, he wants to explore. He wants to move...
by Michelle C. Martin | Sep 18, 2023 | Family Life, Marriage, Society
“Wisdom builds her house but Folly tears hers down with her own hands” (Proverbs 14:1). Earlier this week, we discussed the two types of womanhood displayed in the Bible. There is the woman of folly, represented by Eve, who tears her home apart. And there is the woman...