Why does God allow suffering? Twenty five years ago I often asked that question. I was a new mother but my baby daughter was seriously ill. Not only did she have Downs syndrome but the doctors had discovered a life-threatening… Read More
Last week, on a lazy Sunday afternoon, I found myself watching an infomercial on TV. As I lounged on the couch, a well-groomed woman, middle aged and very blond, pitched the virtues of a wrinkle reducing cream.
“It’ a miracle. … Read More
When I was growing up, our family life often revolved around the game of hockey. Every winter, my father would make a skating rink in our back yard. My sisters and brothers, all nine of us, learned to skate, twirl… Read More
Over two decades ago, on a snowy November night, our first baby was born with Down’s syndrome. It was a winter filled with the despair of dashed hopes and dreams. But it was also a season when the warmth of… Read More
The windows of the coffee shop were decorated with pine garland and strands of cranberries. As the snow fell outside the shop, I stomped the snow from my boots.
It was early December, the first week of Advent.
“I’ll have… Read More
I like the idea that Rachael, my youngest daughter, attends a Christian college just twenty five minutes from our home. At nineteen years of age, she has her independence but still gets home quite often to do her laundry or… Read More
Readings for May 22
Daily Divine Office
“Help me think about Heaven, Lord. You are leading me there. You went to prepare me a place there. What will it be like? You came to earth, lived, suffered, and died so that I would have the possibility of…
May 27th – Pentecost Sunday
Vatican Basilica, at 9:30
PAPAL MASS
Holy Mass
Saint Peter’s Square, at 12:00
Regina Caeli…
“It is clear to me that if we wish to please God and to receive graces in abundance from Him, it is God’s will that these graces should come to us through the hands of Christ in His most holy…
True followers of Christ
St. Rita of Cascia (widow)
Spiritual advice from a Benedictine monastery by Brother Sebastian
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Pasta di San Giuseppe
(St. Joseph Pasta – Pasta with Sardines)
Italians have a great devotion to St Joseph, and the dishes they prepare to celebrate the feast day inevitably have a cute reference to him. Just before you serve…