A Gift of Love too Many People Fear
What kind of mother threatens her husband to abandon their newborn? In 2015, Ruzan Badalyan threatened divorce if the father, Samuel Forrest, refused to abandon their Down Syndrome newborn. Samuel shared his story publicly. Samuel, a freelance business contractor had...
Teaching Children About the Blessed Mother
Our blessed mother Mary is the greatest of all the saints. Mary’s virtue was at the highest level as she lived on earth and her complete followership of Christ is a true model for all of us. As parents, we can teach our kids about Our Lady and her love for them. We...
Sainte-Chapelle: Beauty that Transcends
Beauty is all around us, and though we may differ on whether or not a specific painting or statue or another artistic rendering is beautiful, beauty in and of itself is transcendental. Fr. Robert Spitzer defines transcendental as a “property of being” or in simpler...
6 Daily Principles for Union with God, by Brother Lawrence
We all have the desire to stay close to God throughout our day, and to follow St. Paul’s invocation to “pray always.” Sometimes, however, that is easier said than done. I want to introduce you to Brother Lawrence. A saint from the 17th century, he devoted his life to...