by Michelle C. Martin | Sep 22, 2022 | Marriage, Marriage Prep, Prayer, Society, Spirituality
In 2020, when Texas Tech shut down due to the COVID-19 outbreak, a group of close friends and I started reading books and praying together over Zoom to retain our Catholic camaraderie over the remainder of the spring and summer. We watched a lot of Ascension Presents...
by Elizabeth Sala | Jul 26, 2022 | Family Life, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Questions, Spirituality
ACM’s own Ashley Ruybal describes her experience with Catholic Marriage Prep, long-distance relationships, and wedding-planning during a pandemic. Tell me about your husband. His name is Christopher, and when we met, he was a student at Colorado School of Mines...
by Tara Brooke | Oct 8, 2020 | Family Life, Marriage, Parenting, Spirituality
“And I tell you, ask and you will receive!” This comes straight from the Gospel of Luke for today’s daily readings. As I was reading the Gospel this morning, I was moved to write a reflection of the spiritual battle I have been facing for the past eight months. I...
by Tara Brooke | Jul 7, 2020 | Family Life, Health, Instructors, Marriage, Parenting, Society, Spirituality
Quarantine? Are you serious? What does that even mean? According to our handy dictionary, it means, a state, period, or place of isolation in which people or animals arrived from elsewhere or been exposed to infectious or contagious disease are placed. I haven’t...
by Sefanit Stefanos | Apr 11, 2020 | Church, Health, Liturgy, Prayer, Society, Spirituality
“Tell us, Mary: say what thou didst see upon the way. The tomb the Living did enclose; I saw Christ’s glory as He rose!” Victimae Paschali, Sequence for Easter Sunday Victimae Paschali Laudes, the medieval sequence chanted before the proclamation of the Gospel on...