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Now Is the Time

Carol Monaco March 30, AD2020 1 Comment

Consider where we are in our lives as we face the coronavirus. Consider where we are as we enter the final days of Lent and

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The Power of Prayer in Our Lives is Unsurpassed

Gregory Siqueiros March 19, AD2020 1 Comment

As Catholic’s, we often associate praying with long traditional prayers that we have learned and recited from the time we were children. But real prayer

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How to Stick with Lent During Coronavirus

Laura DeMaria March 14, AD2020 6 Comments

Lent this year has gotten off to a strange start. As the threat of COVID-19 spreads around the world and here in the US, many

Hearing God When He Speaks to Us

Mark Belanger March 13, AD2020 4 Comments

Years ago, some time after my adult conversion, I was talking to a friend who was in the habit of saying things like “The Lord

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The Sanctity of Our Lives

Carol Monaco March 1, AD2020 No Comments

Consider this: We should not think that holiness is only meant for a select few. We are all called to be holy, but how many

Sacred Heart Seminary Offering Free ‘Encountering Christ’ Course

Gene M. Van Son February 11, AD2020 No Comments

If you want to more fully encounter Christ in your daily life, you might consider signing up for a new, free, online course. “Encountering Christ”

Listen, Learn, and Love

Carol Monaco January 29, AD2020 No Comments

How often have we heard that hindsight is 20/20? In other words, it’s easy to know the right thing to do after something has happened,

How the Legion of Mary Taught Me to be Catholic

Laura DeMaria January 15, AD2020 3 Comments

One of the first things I did after becoming Catholic, in my late 20’s, was to join a lay apostolate called The Legion of Mary.

Christ Within Us

Carol Monaco December 30, AD2019 No Comments

As we celebrate the birth of our Savior, do we contemplate Jesus Christ being formed within each of us? Perhaps we think we are not

Zacchaeus and ‘the Crowds’ In Our Lives

Dr. Allison Low November 10, AD2019 1 Comment

“Zacchaeus was a wee little man and a wee little man was he.” I clearly remember learning this song about Zacchaeus more than 30 years

Online Course on Discipleship Offered by SHMS

Gene M. Van Son November 9, AD2019 No Comments

Catholics who take discipleship seriously may be interested in a new, free, four-week online course being offered by Sacred Heart Major Seminary. The course is

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Fruits of Our Labor

Carol Monaco October 29, AD2019 1 Comment

There is a saying: “If you want to be happy, plant a garden.” Oh, how true that is! When we are gardening, we are living

To Shine or to Illuminate: Which Will You Choose?

Suellen Brewster October 23, AD2019 3 Comments

Our twenty-first century world does its best to keep us away from a contemplative life, away from the things of God. It is shiny, sparkly,

Lessons from a Fig Tree and Morning Glories

Carol Monaco September 28, AD2019 1 Comment

Have you ever been tempted to give up only to have something inside of you say, “Don’t.” “Keep at it.” “Be patient, it will all

Get Holy! Why the Answer to Our Church Crisis Is Holiness

Suellen Brewster September 25, AD2019 3 Comments

Like the rest of my fellow Catholics in the Diocese of Buffalo, New York, my heart has a continual, aching heaviness. In these terrible but

Prayerfully Pondering Like Mary: Giving God Time

Suellen Brewster August 27, AD2019 3 Comments

But she was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. (Luke 1:29) And Mary kept all these

Inner Peace

Carol Monaco July 29, AD2019 2 Comments

How do we hold onto our sense of internal peace when we feel that our world is being turned upside down, shaking our core beliefs

Heart to Heart, Hand in Hand

Carol Monaco June 29, AD2019 1 Comment

With Christ’s Resurrection and Ascension into Heaven, “the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the holy Spirit that has been

Free Course ‘Mission of the Laity’ Offered By Sacred Heart Seminary

Gene M. Van Son June 18, AD2019 1 Comment

Sacred Heart Major Seminary’s (SHMS) initial open online course was such a tremendous success, SHMS is offering another one. The new course, “Mission of the