I have to share this story. It is deeply touching, heartbreaking, encouraging, challenging…and a sign of God’s intimate Presence and Love still alive and at work among us in the most tragic of circumstances… This story is about a woman who is touching the lives of many children in circumstances most of us could never imagine.
I went to see the new movie, Mockingjay Part 1, on opening night. I came away from it, however, very disturbed. Before I go into the reasons why, I first want to speak of the series in general terms, sharing why I decided to read the books and watch the movies in the first place. I must
As we read yesterday, as the young Maximilian saw the Freemasons celebrating their 200th Anniversary by parading throughout Rome, he understood “the destructive effects of atheistic secularism” that it represented. He saw, already in 1917, “the spreading of dangerous religious indifferentism and various antireligious theories, as well as of the subtle decline of morality. He
“I am all yours, and all that I have is yours, O most loving Jesus, through Mary, your most holy Mother” (True Devotion, 233). Because I’ve been asked to try to give a short video teaching each day. Here you go. It shares the videos that weren’t possible for me to share during Week 1’s
On this Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent, I offer three of Our Lady’s messages on fasting for us to ponder. May we reflect deeply on the power God gives to our sacrifices and prayers: “The best fast is on bread and water. Through fasting and prayer one can stop wars, one can suspend
Besides coordinating Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration for my parish, I am an active and sought after retreat leader, teacher and speaker in the Diocese of Wichita, as well as a writer, artist and pilgrim.
I love to spend time with family and friends, as well as go to daily Mass, adore and pray, learn, travel, write and create beautiful things!
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