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Back to School: Why We Do What We Do
Back to school. Usually that phrase brings to mind a set of familiar routines and predictable procedures. For much of America and even the world, that is not the case this year.
First Disciple
Our Lady appeared to St. Simon Stock in the 1200s presenting to him the scapular and promised: “This is a privilege for you and your brethren: whoever dies wearing it, will be saved.”
Lessons from a Mother’s Heart
This Lent we are all facing more than the normal challenges of the season. Our everyday routine and the world as a whole seems to have come to a sudden stop.
A Reflection on Spiritual Motherhood
Spiritual motherhood is about caring and self-giving. It is other-focused. Recessed in the nooks and crannies of our daily lives, if we open our eyes…
‘Tis the Season for Advent
These are grace-filled days that prepare the heart for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, the long-awaited Messiah of the Old Testament and Good News (or Gospel) for all the people of God.
If You But Knew the Gift of God
Jesus does not encounter someone by accident. He has been waiting for the opportune time to reveal Himself to us but also to reveal us to ourselves as well.
I Want to See God!!!
Pray as you can, not as you can’t. Each person prays according to his/her personality and gifts. God receives a unique form of praise from each person.
I Can Only Imagine
The greatest consolation when a loved one, or we ourselves, encounter or approach death is the anticipation of meeting God face to face and basking in His love forever; free from the pain and hardships of this life.
The Tiny Spark
Days of cleaning and scrubbing followed, which the Sisters did themselves. They were overjoyed with the thought of the new retreat house and the great benefit to souls who would come to spend “a few days apart with the Lord.”
Faithful to the End
Mother Luisita was a faithful wife who gently and lovingly stood by her dying husband, assisting him in his preparation to meet God. And as she came to the end of her own life, God was faithful to her.