Set up a space in your home for prayer/worship. Consider covering a table with a tablecloth or another nice cloth of the seasonal liturgical color. Place a Bible, a candle and a cross or crucifix on the table. Straighten the space, and arrange enough furniture for all. Have everyone go to the bathroom, get drinks, [...]
By Steve and Bridget Patton She says: I’m enjoying all this together time He says: I need my personal space Calamities can bring out the best and the worst in a marriage. Our routines can serve us well by keeping our lives predictable and peaceful, but they can also shield us from seeing and more fully embracing [...]
By Michelle DiFranco A Birthday, Feast Day and Confirmation As the Easter season comes to a close, we will commemorate the coming of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost Sunday, June 9. Relative to the other more prominent and “popular” Christian holidays, Pentecost often gets overlooked. But it’s actually a very important day for our Catholic [...]
By Joe Pisani Christine Paine still remembers the Easter Vigil Mass more than 25 years ago, when her life changed forever. For the first time, she received the Body and Blood of Christ and was accepted into full communion with the Catholic Church...after years of searching. “I was so touched by all the people in [...]
By Patricia Majher Hot cross buns! Hot cross buns! One a penny, Two a penny, Hot cross buns! If you have no daughters, Pray give them to your sons! One a penny, Two a penny, Hot cross buns! Remember this nursery rhyme? Taught to countless generations of school children in America and abroad, it celebrates [...]
By Michelle DiFranco The crown remains the most classic symbol of a king. And many kings of old believed in the adage, “The greater the king, the fancier the crown.” But of course, history has proven that correlation doesn’t hold up. The greatest king of all wore a crown made of simple woven thorns. Elvis [...]
By Jennifer Delvaux Pete Burak’s story begins with warm memories of baseball, camp, family and school. That is, until the age of 8, when an injury left Pete with the prognosis that he would not be able to throw a ball for some time. After a few weeks of struggling to accept the dramatic shift, [...]
By Steve and Bridget Patton A few years ago, I had this Facebook relationship. I apologized, she said she forgives me and I've been faithful ever since. But she won't let it go. She says: Now I can’t trust him I just don't know how I can ever trust him again. It was very hurtful. [...]