Your birth, O Virgin Mother of God, heralded joy to all the world. Do you know that September 8th is Mary’s birthday? It is celebrated as the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, exactly nine months after the Feast of...
Read MoreWe all know the familiar story related in a recent Sunday Gospel reading (Luke 10: 38-42): Jesus is visiting His good friends, Martha and Mary. Martha is busy in the kitchen and resents the fact that her sister, Mary, is...
Read MoreI am ashamed to admit that for much of my adult life, my prayer life was practically non-existent. I mentally mumbled the same rather lame, made-up prayer every night, which I frequently didn’t even finish before I fell...
Read MoreAs a Catholic, it is easy to get discouraged by the constant stream of bad news — scandals, priest shortages, churches closing, and people drifting away to other faiths or even atheism. Yet we know how it will all end up! ...
Read More“Where on earth did I put that refund check?” I mumble to myself as I search through a stack of papers on the desk. My daughter cheerfully replies, “Ask St. Anthony. He never fails us.” She joins in the search, and moments...
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