by Patti Maguire Armstrong
Did Jesus miss an opportunity?Listening to the Gospel one morning at Mass, I was struck by Jesus’s missed opportunity. In Matthew 19:16-22, when the young man approached Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?” Jesus gave him a to-do list:...
by Patti Maguire Armstrong
Ask a psychic why they don’t play the stock market or rake in big winnings at the Blackjack table. “It’s a gift for others,” they will tell you. Yet, that doesn’t stop them from charging top dollar for “readings” or selling tickets to their performances. Social...
by Patti Maguire Armstrong
“I love you mom.” “I love you, Son.”Surely those words were spoken between Jesus and Mary. Loving our Blessed Mother must be pleasing to Jesus, and yet, how do you love someone you never see? Let me count the ways: fifteen for starters. 1. Talk with her. Jesus talked...
by Patti Maguire Armstrong
Catholics rock! We depend on the rock of Peter upon whom Jesus built his Church to navigate the culture. Rather than shrink away when we are the only authentically Catholic person at some gathering, we can shine our lights! We must shine our lights, in fact, or be...
by Patti Maguire Armstrong
In the post-Vatican II world where Catholic education suffered a steep decline and Catholics began to mesh indistinguishably with the culture, many Catholic devotions faded from view. It was not a reflection of Catholicism, but rather of a world that became...
