“Every child a wanted child” has to be one of the more insidious pro-abortion slogans. Think about this silly little euphemism for a second. There
I was blessed a couple of weeks ago to chaperone a pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, and to
I admire devout Christians living godly lives. Without the help of the Catholic Church and the Sacraments, I’m not sure I would make the cut.
I\’ve looked at clouds from both sides now; From up and down, and still somehow It\’s cloud illusions I recall; I really don\’t know clouds
How happy really are we today? How do we define that we have really \’lived\’? We live in a marketing led world – a place of big
Watching an Amish documentary last Sunday, I heard the following exchange: Among a busload of visitors to Amish Country, someone asked an Amish gentleman, \”What\’s
My biggest vice, fortunately, is not an addiction. Well, at least not in the traditional use of the word. My informal diagnosis – although my
I once asked a priest what my life would have been like if I had not experienced suffering, if I had married a well-off dentist,
\”You call him Dumb Ox? This Dumb Ox will fill all the world with his bellowing.\” -Saint Albert the Great, responding to jibes from some
Every Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, across the country, the question is heard from little voices: “When is it Children’s Day?” Mothers and Fathers laugh
“…But I say to you: Whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” (Mt. 5:28) I
Another year, the 10th to be exact, just this last Saturday on a beautiful warm California day, the weather was great, the message was the
I have been thinking a lot about Heaven lately. I’ve been discussing it with my kids and my husband and here are some of the
“There is a season for everything, a time for every occupation under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 “…but though he has permitted man to consider time in
Teach me, LORD, your way that I may walk in your truth. (Ps 86:11) Sounds simple, doesn’t it? I can’t imagine any Christian looking at
Eight years ago, I was playing around with Microsoft® Money and found an add-in for investment advice. As part of the program, it asked
It’s really too bad that while the legal profession mandates continuing education for its members to maintain their licenses, the Catholic Church won’t revoke a
Recently, I went to Confession before Mass. I confessed my lack of trust in God as it applies to a current situation in my life.
“… for nothing will be impossible for God” –Luke 1:37 Christmas vacation as a graduate student is nothing short of spectacular. No more papers to
Today in Washington D.C. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to participate in the annual March for Life. They come from all around the
As a professional who cares for childbearing losses and as a Catholic who believes in the sacredness of life, I pay very close attention to
Mothering a large family is my calling and my vocation. As a result, I am a conundrum: a rather outmoded sort of woman, ridiculed by modern career
