It’s your baby’s baptism day! The sacrament washes away original sin and leaves your little baby’s soul as white as their baptism gown. But every parent wants to avoid baptism bloopers. Here are some thoughts that are running through their head on...
When a fellow parishioner returned from a Marian pilgrimage, she brought me a rosary from the shrine of Our Lady of Montserrat. I was happy to receive the gift, even if I didn’t know a single thing about this particular Marian apparition. When I asked friends, none of...
Coventry Carol, otherwise known as “The hymn of the Holy Innocents” was sung by the youth of St. John Cantius and Crusaders for Life in the Illinois state capitol back in 2017. This hauntingly beautiful and heartbreaking lullaby was sung during a rally for...
I never even heard of St. Athanasius during my formative years in Catholic education. Now, he’s one of my favorite Catholic saint. I first learned of Athanasius when I was taking a Master’s course on the Trinity. On the feast day of St. Athanasius I want to...
The First Luminous Mystery, John Baptizes Jesus A few years ago, my husband changed our desktop wallpaper to a gorgeous image of Christ and the Apostles at the last supper. It was a mosaic, drawn in beautiful and vibrant colors. We didn’t know it’s...
All eyes have been on Paris, France in recent weeks due to the burning of the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral, all the church burnings in general, and all the violence that has erupted on the City of Lights. As a Catholic outside of France, it’s easy to feel a little...
