Lent for Pregnant Moms
It’s Lent, and you know what that means – it’s time to fast! But what if you can’t because you’re pregnant? While moms-to-be may not
It’s Lent, and you know what that means – it’s time to fast! But what if you can’t because you’re pregnant? While moms-to-be may not
Stories our elders tell us are often meant to be instructive. Such was the case with a story a neighbor once told me. When I
Lent, which begins with Ash Wednesday on February 22 this year, is just around the corner. Now, before the season starts, is the time to
The last few years have seen a blending of Memorial Day and Veterans Day. Remembrance, Reverence, and Respect (what I call the 3 Rs of
At the end of Sacred Triduum 2019, my altar server son received a Thank You card from the parish. Inside the envelope was also a
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present (Bil Keane, American cartoonist).
For over seven years now, I have been the secretary at a small church in my hometown. It is a small church with a big
True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others,
“Pride — it gets ’em every time,” chortles Satan (Al Pacino) at the end of the 1997 film The Devil’s Advocate. Indeed, it does; of
There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit; there are different forms of service but the same Lord; there are different workings
In last week’s column, I shared a most painful and debilitating event in my family’s life. I waited two-and-a-half years to publish our story; not
God loves a cheerful giver. (2 Cor 9:7) God calls us to a life of service for our own good. This was true under the