by Michelle C. Martin | Oct 11, 2023 | Church, Family Life, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Parenting, Prayer, Society, Spirituality
Openness to life offers the freedom of surrender and control working together. With Natural Family Planning must come the understanding of openness to life. Earlier this week, we talked about practicing NFP. It can be found here: ...
by Michelle C. Martin | Aug 31, 2023 | Family Life, Parenting, Society
Fatherhood is a Unique, Beautiful Burden Leading to Selflessness and Fulfillment: Fatherhood is difficult, just like motherhood. See here: https://agapecatholicministries.info/family-life/the-gift-of-motherhood/Our son, Peter, started to walk these last few weeks. He...
by Michelle C. Martin | Jun 16, 2023 | Church, Liturgy, Spirituality, Teachings, Uncategorized
Eucharist As Gift! The Eucharist is a gift! This past Sunday we celebrated the Feast of Corpus Christi. This feast was instituted by Pope Urban IV in 1264, one year after an incredible miracle during Mass. A German priest, named Fr. Peter of Prague, was...
by Tara Brooke | Nov 16, 2020 | Marriage, Spirituality
Part of my morning prayer routine is reading the daily scriptures that the Catholic Church gives us for Mass and spending time pondering the message God is calling me to hear. After pondering for a moment or two, I spend time journaling about the message. Today, I...
by Tara Brooke | Oct 21, 2020 | Family Life, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Society, Spirituality
“Much will be required of the person entrusted with much, and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more.” (Luke 12: 48 NAB) This line from the Gospel stopped me dead in my tracks this morning as I read it. I have heard it several times before, but...