
Mary, Mother of God
A friend told me once: “Mary is NOT the Mother of God, that’s blasphemous!” Very calmly, I answered him: “Tell me then, WHO is Jesus

A friend told me once: “Mary is NOT the Mother of God, that’s blasphemous!” Very calmly, I answered him: “Tell me then, WHO is Jesus

Together with “exciting” and “joyful”, “stressful” is a word that is associated with the days leading up to Christmas and with the Christmas season itself.

The stores filled with Christmas items especially early this season, “Santa Baby” playing endlessly on the local radio station since late October. Christmas all around

The feast of Saint Nicholas is upon us and affords us with a perfect time to consider how we celebrate the days leading up to

Hi. My name’s Mariella. I want to be a Saint. Or… Hi. My name’s Mariella. I have discovered controversy. Right now the Scripture that keeps

Supermarkets in Australia have been full of Hallowe’en décor since early September. One could join in the laments about how Christmas decorations appear unseasonably early
By Rebekah L. I’ll let you in on a little secret. Missionaries aren’t always enthusiastically happy. We get tired and crabby. We lose our tempers.

When I gave birth to each of my girls, I remember falling instantly in love with them. I remember the first time I laid eyes

Claustrophobia is generally considered a form of anxiety disorder where an irrational fear of having no escape or being completely closed-in can lead to a

There are times in your life when all that you could do is rest. You cannot love, you cannot dream, you don’t know where to

“We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them

“He who knows how to forgive prepares for himself many graces from God. As often as I look upon the cross, so often will I

“This hidden heroism is done with tenderness and with courage when someone is sick at home.” – Pope Francis It is hard to think of

I think one of the most difficult burdens a single person can have is the feeling that one has never been called or chosen. Do I

“My faith is very important to me.” How many times have we heard that said? I hear it dozens of times…and it usually means something

Readers of Leila Lawler’s popular blog Like Mother, Like Daughter found her advice so helpful that they asked her to write a book. The result

The closer a person approaches God, the less worthy he or she feels. A painting under a candlelight shows fewer defects than under the brilliance

“They were overjoyed at seeing the star, and on entering the house they saw the child with Mary His mother. They prostrated themselves and did

Everyone has, at one point in life or another, experienced a Christmas which was less merry than others – whether the cause be relationship or

And out of gloom and darkness, the eyes of the blind shall see. —Isaiah 29:18 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom should

It was catching the gaze of a child at a Dragon’s mouth that turned me anew to ponder childlikeness. Well, it was really standing on