by Tara Brooke | Dec 29, 2024 | Church, Family Life, Liturgy, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Parenting, Society, Spirituality, Teachings
“Learn what family life is, its communion of love, its austere and simple beauty, and its sacred and inviolable character.” ~ Pope Paul VI. In 1921, Pope Benedict XV instituted the Sunday after Christmas as the feast of the Holy Family. We celebrate Christ’s Nativity...
by Michelle C. Martin | Dec 8, 2024 | Church, Liturgy, Prayer, Society, Spirituality, Teachings
“I am the Immaculate Conception” ~ Our Lady to Bernadette Soubirous. In 1858, in a small town in France, Our Lady appeared to a young girl named Bernadette Soubirous. After months of seeing “the lady” at the grotto, Bernadette dared ask her name. Thus, the Heavenly...
by Michelle C. Martin | Jul 29, 2024 | Church, Prayer, Society, Spirituality, Teachings
Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. When Jesus saw their...
by Michelle C. Martin | Jul 18, 2024 | Church, Family Life, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Society, Spirituality
Jesus calmed the storm of the sea. He can calm the storms in your marriage. Storms can be scary! We know the Gospel story where, “He got into a boat and His disciples followed Him. Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by...
by Stephanie Barker | May 4, 2024 | Family Life, Prayer, Society, Spirituality
Sleeping with Jesus: About a month ago my two-year-old son woke up from his nap and in a worried voice told me he was having bad dreams. The first thing that ran through my mind was, “what did he see on TV that was making him have bad dreams?” Since the kids usually...
