by Patti Maguire Armstrong
On paper, you would not have picked my husband and me for the job of raising ten children. Our organization and stress management skills were mid-range. Yet, with prayer and a lot of recalibrating, we made it through. All are adults now and we have a dozen...
by Patti Maguire Armstrong
What is a novena? Who is St. Jude? Before my life took on a deeper spiritual dimension, I had did not know the answer to those questions. While reading about St. Jude Hospital, founded by entertainer Danny Thomas after his novena to St. Jude was answered, I became...
by Patti Maguire Armstrong
“Catholic guilt” is a malady invented by sarcastic anti-Catholics. Its real name is a “well-formed conscience,” because that’s what kicks in when you are doing something you should not. Guilt. Repenting and vowing to do better is the remedy. Neither of these names is...
by Patti Maguire Armstrong
Growing up in a Polish neighborhood in Dearborn, Michigan, all the Polish grandmothers had prayer books. They could be seen pouring over them before Mass.  Only recently have I become a prayer book sort of person. I do not know why I did not recognize its benefits...
by Patti Maguire Armstrong
The Blessed Mother intercedes for our needs and brings us the and joy of Heaven. The proof is in the Bible. How could God have made it clearer than the first public miracle at the Wedding at Cana? It was performed at the request of the Blessed Mother responding to an...
