“While Advent can be a time of anxiety and chaos, allow these four weeks to prepare us for the peace and joy of Jesus Christ. Intentionally make small changes, so when the Christ child arrives, we will anxiously await to greet and welcome Him into our homes.” – Adam Minihan
“If we are struggling in our service to the family, our prayer life is the first place we should look for answers.” – Dr. MaryRuth Hackett
Marriage is not only a beautiful earthly reality but also a mystical sign and symbol of something greater than itself. David Torkington expands our understanding of this sacrament.
Jessica Fahy muses about the demands of motherhood and how that can affect prayer, and inconstancy in prayer, in part one of this two-part series.
What can we learn from Nazareth? Blessed Pope Paul VI explains what Jesus’ family can teach us on the Feast of the Holy Family today.
Why do we work? Are we supposed to work to live…or live to work? Find out when Dr. Peter Howard reflects this Labor Day on what God intended for us from the beginning.
Could failure to follow God’s commands be robbing your family of grace? Find out what Patti Maguire Armstrong has to say as she reflects on the family circle on this Feast of the Holy Family.
What does it mean to be prophet and king in the secular world as part of the family as the domestic Church? Liz Estler continues her examination of the family as domestic Church in Part 3 of this four-part series by looking specifically at how parents function as prophets and kings within their domestic Church.
Saint or Tyrant? A Spiritual Growth Plan for Your Choleric Child Hippocrates noted four patterns of behavior: choleric, sanguine, phlegmatic and melancholic. Author, mother
My 20-year-old Does Not Receive Communion: What Should I Do? Dear Father John, should it bother me when my 20 year old son goes to
