by Caroline Godin
My mother always told me, “God helps those who help themselves.” It’s her way of saying that yes, we pray, but we also need to do our part: the work. God is capable of doing great things — amazing things — but He doesn’t baby us. He wants us to grow, and our free will...
by Caroline Godin
All Saints Day As we begin to close out October—continuing to pray our rosaries of course!—we look ahead to All Saints Day. It’s a day we can look to the saints for inspiration, an example of how to live in a world which rejects God. There are a lot of saints to be...
by Caroline Godin
Frosting I’m sitting at the kitchen table going over the day’s schedule and my eyes fall on a Cinnabon box my husband had picked up. It reads, “Life needs frosting.” Ha, I think, I like frosting, sure. Who doesn’t like frosting, a little sweetness over a tasty...
by Caroline Godin
A few days ago, Pope Francis beatified John Paul I, whose papacy lasted just thirty-three days. Seems a significant number in Biblical terms. Sacred tradition tells us Jesus was thirty-three years old at the time of His crucifixion. We know the number three to be holy...
by Caroline Godin
I can’t count the number of times I’ve prayed or even thought about something and God just plops his words right into a song. It doesn’t matter the style or where the music is coming from — concert, radio, or Mass — he has a way of speaking all the languages and in...
