We have all heard the phrase “motherland” referring to a person’s country of origin or their family’s country of origin, but have you ever heard the phrase “mother church?” Obviously, we have heard the Catholic Church referred to as...
Baptism. The Sacrament often taken for granted. Many of us, unless having converted in adulthood, don’t remember our Baptisms. Yet, for each and every Baptized Christian, it is arguably the most important day of our lives. Through Baptism we are grafted into the...
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...
Former Saved by the Bell star and host of Extra Mario Lopez renewed his baptismal promises recently in the Jordan River where Jesus was baptized by Saint John the Baptist. Lopez was flanked by two Catholic priests who asked him: “Do you believe in Jesus Christ?...
In a monastery chapel in Alabama, a Franciscan sister wrote down her thoughts about living a Catholic life on a legal pad. Those legal pads would eventually become Mother Angelica’s mini-book series, which were originally published by Our Lady of the Angels...
