
Mary is the Equal Sign
In all of creation, there is one woman who conformed perfectly to God’s idea of her. Claire Dwyer reflects on powerful words from Ven. Archbishop Fulton Sheen.
In all of creation, there is one woman who conformed perfectly to God’s idea of her. Claire Dwyer reflects on powerful words from Ven. Archbishop Fulton Sheen.
“Choose mortifications that don’t mortify others.” Claire Dwyer expounds on this saying of St. JosemarÍa Escrivá in today’s reflection.
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity lived a Eucharistic life, wherever she was, whatever she was doing. “You have no need of the Sacrament to come to me,” she said. Claire Dwyer resumes her series.
Some join for a day, others for a lifetime. Some hold whole handfuls of people they long to see in full reconciliation with Christ. All who become members of this club, however, wish they weren’t members. The first step in turning this pain from a defining ache in your heart into an act of giving and prayer, is to name the reality of the hurt.
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.
Years of patient love and powerful prayers always pay off in the end.
“Something hardwired in us tells us, these places are consecrated to resurrect our hope. And we feel somehow, entering a Basilica, chapel, catacomb, or cell – even after crossing strange seas and deserts – that we have in a mysterious way come home.” Claire Dwyer blogs today on the significance and sacredness of places.
Claire Dwyer suggests four ways for our souls to thrive in the busy seasons of life.
St. Rita was “small in stature but great in holiness, who lived in humility and is now known throughout the world for her heroic Christian life as a wife, mother, widow and nun.” – Pope St. John Paul II
A powerful storyteller reveals the true source of strength – He is who is to be loved above all.
Claire Dwyer tells how she came to make this year’s Lenten resolutions.