From Mary, we learn to surrender to God’s will in all things. We learn to trust even when all hope seems gone. From Mary, we learn to love Christ, her son and the Son of God! ~St. John Paul II When I was a young mom in the trenches, perpetually pregnant and/or nursing, I rarely,
No one witnessed the Resurrection. Only a very few witnessed the empty tomb. Glancing across the Gospels, we see this unspeakable, personal privilege being extended to Mary of Magdala and the other Mary, a handful of other women of Jerusalem, Peter and John. Only slightly more witnessed the risen Christ in his glorified body: the
Today marks the beginning of a new year – a time of new beginnings, resolutions, goals, and hope. The craziness of the season has died down a bit, the children are enjoying their new toys and the much-needed break from their studies, and we are slowly recovering from all the love poured out in preparation
Pope Saint Leo the Great (395-461) preached in a sermon on Christmas: “Bending Himself to take on Him our humility without decrease in His own majesty. . .” Leo directs his listeners’ attention to the incredible humility of God, that the Son of God himself would become what he was not, namely, a mere human
On the very last Sunday of our liturgical year, as a kind of liturgical New Year’s Eve, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, better known as Christ the King. Pope Pius XI instituted this important feast in 1925 by promulgating his encyclical, Quas Primas, to combat the growing