by Michelle C. Martin | Dec 13, 2023 | Church, Liturgy, Prayer, Spirituality
Hope and Peace: the first two Sundays of Advent. In this season of Advent, most of the Mass readings will be focused on God’s promise to send a savior. The first Sunday of Advent is the “prophet’s Sunday,” and the first purple candle is the candle of hope. God...
by Michelle C. Martin | Jun 15, 2023 | Family Life, Marriage, Parenting, Prayer, Spirituality
Are Joy and Happiness Synonymous? I used to think joy and happiness were synonymous. I often use the word joy to express an elevated state of happiness or pleasure. I talk about how doing something I love brought me joy. For example, Christmas is a joyful season. As...
by Patrick Hernandez | Jan 23, 2023 | Family Life, Parenting, Questions, Society
Society loves to tell us how to parent our children. But its definition of “love” couldn’t be further from what scripture teaches us. What is love? One Saturday morning when I put on Nickelodeon for my kids, I saw a commercial that could be summed up...
by Elizabeth Sala | Oct 14, 2022 | Family Life, Health, Marriage, Society, Spirituality
“No duty is so underrated as the duty to be happy.” -my mom’s fridge Can you imagine waking up every morning happy? I will tell you, the only mornings I wake up happy are Saturdays. These are the only days that I wake up to a pure, unadulterated weekend, full...
by Dan Brooke | Nov 25, 2020 | Family Life, Marriage, Prayer, Society
All the laundry was folded, the kitchen was clean (enough for me), and there was nothing left for me to work on. Tara was watching Christmas movies, the kids were entertaining themselves, and I wasn’t sure what to do next. Something didn’t feel right. Before COVID...
