Not only is the Christian life redeemed in all its moments by a God who entered them to make them holy – but it is also meant to mysteriously extend Christ’s own life, throughout time, in our own. Claire Dwyer reflects on the hidden years.
Some of the greatest saints of the Church – and through Scripture, even God Himself – have used the example of gazing into the eyes of another to try to capture the beautiful and astonishingly real experience of God’s great love in the soul: contemplative prayer. Claire Dwyer reflects.
On the fourth day of Christmas, the Church gives to us a somber memorial which concretizes what could very possibly become, thanks to elves and snowmen, an overly sentimental feast of Christ’s birth. Claire Dwyer reflects on the Feast of the Holy Innocents.
Meeting each morning as an opportunity for prayer and love – in motherhood, in the workplace, in the many nooks and crannies of the world – that is possible. And it strengthens us for the heroic, the impossible, the possible-only-with God. That is the secret of St. Gianna, Claire Dwyer reveals.
What’s it like to be the mother of a seminarian? Find out when Jo Fleming reflects…and shares her spiritual journey.
Why is the Blessed Virgin Mary our Mother? Find out when Father Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen reflects in this excerpt from the Carmelite meditation classic “Divine Intimacy”.
The Greatest Mother: Happy Mother’s Day Mary! Our Blessed Mother is the highest honor of our race! She has done so much for us in
Contemplating Jesus Through Mary of Nazareth Oh to be a mother—so many reasons to both worry and rejoice from pregnancy onward. But to be
Dear Father John, I am an at-home mom of 4 young children (none of them in school yet) and it’s terrible to admit, but I
