Are you struggling to live your Catholic Faith? Do we sometimes feel overwhelmed in the face of the relentless assault on the Church, our beliefs and our families by the media and modern culture? How are we responding to the recent decision by the HHS that is a direct attack on the First Amendment and [...]
“I think the world today is upside down. Everybody seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater development and greater riches and so on. There is much suffering because there is so very little love in homes and in family life. We have no time for our children, we have no time [...]
“Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents. Parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins the disruption of peace of the world.” (Blessed Teresa of Calcutta) Please [...]
I recently ran into a good friend at daily Mass whom I hadn’t seen in awhile, and we lingered outside afterward to catch up on each others’ lives. While discussing our devotions to various saints, she mentioned that she dedicates every Wednesday to St. Joseph. She uses a “Spiritual 9-1-1″ prayer, based on a devotion [...]
“We too are called to withdraw at certain intervals into deeper silence and aloneness with God…. not with our books, thoughts, and memories but completely stripped of everything, to dwell lovingly in God’s presence – silent, empty, expectant, and motionless.” -(Blessed Teresa of Calcutta) Print this entry
Many years ago, after mudslides in Pakistan killed hundreds of poor people, someone asked Mother Teresa why God would do such a thing to the poor? That disaster had mostly affected those living in shacks on hillsides. Mother Teresa replied, “Maybe they were closer to God and ready to die, while the rich need more [...]
“If we allow a mother to kill her own child, how can we tell people not to kill each other?” Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Reflection: Mother Teresa died on this day in 1997. She saw in each person – no matter how sick or depraved – the image of God. She spoke boldly to those in [...]
“We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty” (Blessed Teresa of Calcutta) Print this entry
The old man inched along the sidewalk toting a grocery sack. His back was painfully hunched and his eyes were downcast. When I spotted him, my heart flinched with pity – and I knew it was time for a drive-by prayer. Drive-by prayers are little invocations that can be offered for complete strangers who are [...]
“But I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child, a direct killing of the innocent child, murder by the mother herself. And if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one [...]
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“In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human successes, but on how well we have loved.” (Saint John of the Cross, Doctor of the Church) Please help us in our mission to assist readers to integrate their Catholic faith, family and work. Tell your family and friends [...]
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