by Michelle C. Martin | Jun 11, 2024 | Church, Family Life, Liturgy, Parenting, Spirituality, Teachings
“Truly, truly, I say to you. Unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God” John 3:5. Water and the spirit bring forth baptism. I have now had the blessing of holding two infants during their baptisms. One was my daughter months...
by Michelle C. Martin | May 15, 2024 | Church, Liturgy, Prayer, Society, Spirituality, Teachings
Mary is always depicted wearing four colors: white, red, blue, and gold. Our Blessed Mother is many things and we use colors to depict that. She is the cause of our joy, seat of wisdom, and mirror of justice. Furthermore, Mary is the Queen of Angels, Morning Star,...
by Edmund Adamus | Nov 21, 2023 | Church, Liturgy, Prayer, Teachings
Mercy and Death: We can pray that mercy and death go hand in hand. As we know, November, is the month of the Holy Souls. Apart from losing two older siblings since July and my beloved Godmother a year ago, I’ve had another stark reminder of the fragility of our...
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 Edmund Adamus | Nov 11, 2016 | Church, Prayer, Spirituality
A Cleansing “Fire”…. A cleansing fire: If like me, you’ve often wondered time again what Purgatory might be like, [that much neglected -in my view- doctrine of Catholic truth] then naturally our imagination during this month of the Holy Souls...