Archive for November, 2014

Hidden Treasures
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Hidden Treasures

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by on Nov 10, 2014 in Disability, Sickness & Suffering, Evangelization, Featured, Live in Christ, Those in Need, Uncategorized
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Working with the ‘least’ among us in nursing homes Over the years, I have had some interesting and exciting professional experiences as an interviewer and a writer. But nothing quite compares to my time visiting people in nursing homes. I’ve lived in six states, visited a number of facilities, and my interest hasn’t waned. Sometimes […]

Martin Luther King Jr. - Berlin - September 13, 1964
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Martin Luther King and the Berlin Wall

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by on Nov 09, 2014 in Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics, International Issues
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A speech that has slipped through the cracks of time.

Poem: "My Church Brother"
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Poem: “My Church Brother”

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by on Nov 09, 2014 in Poetry
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My Church Brother He came in oversized 550 Levi jeans colored deep Jean Blue, Size 36/36, but he required a few inches smaller. No problem, the silver woven belt cinched his waist, Balooning his billowing wrinkled white shirt over his chest. He came wearing a Christmas tie, with the knot askew, Apparently unaware of Halloween […]

Who Needs Church Buildings?
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Who Needs Church Buildings?

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by on Nov 08, 2014 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Sunday Reflections
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As a rebellious teenager, I thought that Catholics should stop wasting their money on expensive churches. We ought to sell them all and buy food for the poor, I argued. Funny thing. Jesus, who cared much for the poor, did not have this attitude. As an adolescent he yearned to spend time in Herod’s sumptuous […]

The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
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The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica

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by on Nov 08, 2014 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Sunday Reflections
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In high school science class I learned that water is the universal solvent. That is the extent of my scientific knowledge. In geography class I was taught that three quarters of the earth consists of water. And the water we drink today is the same water that the dinosaurs drank millions of years ago. I […]

Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium, The Joy of the Gospel
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Front Row With Francis: On the Role of the Bishop

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by on Nov 07, 2014 in Catechesis, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, The Shepherd's Voice
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Pope Francis continued his teaching on the nature of Church with this week’s General Audience. There were a few quotes and themes at the heart of this week’s message. Pope Francis stated early in the audience, “Now, in the power and grace of His Spirit, Christ does not fail to give rise to ministries, in […]

Is It Happening Again?
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Is It Happening Again?

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by on Nov 07, 2014 in Featured, The Homosexual Agenda
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How did it happen that so many prominent Catholics, especially those in politics and in academia, moved from being ardent defenders of the unborn and the culture of life to advocates of the culture of death with such ease. It all seemed so smooth and unremarkable. In such a short time after the January 1973 […]

"This Is What a Feminist Looks Like"
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The Unbearable Lightness of Feminism

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by on Nov 07, 2014 in Featured, Government & Politics, Law & Justice, The Social Order
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Feminism is a prisoner of the Left.

First Friday
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First Friday

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by on Nov 07, 2014 in Saint of the Day
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Vocations: All About Life
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Vocations: All About Life

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by on Nov 06, 2014 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured, MyChurchParish.com, Vocations
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This week (November 2 – 8) is Vocations Awareness Week. Since I began my full-time work with Priests for Life over 20 years ago, one of the first things I became aware of was that many young people today are finding their vocation precisely because of the Church’s witness to the sanctity of life amidst […]

Ode to Feminine Genius: the Merciful Woman
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Ode to Feminine Genius: the Merciful Woman

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by on Nov 06, 2014 in Featured, Marriage, MyChurchParish.com, The Feminine Genius, Those in Need, Women
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Four years ago, my husband became someone else almost overnight. We’d been married for more than a decade and I’d always known I’d gotten one of the good ones. My husband was naturally compassionate, attentive to me and our children, and easygoing about most things. Reprinted with permission from Catholic Sistas. But then it was […]

Poem: "Dream Land"
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Poem: “Dream Land”

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by on Nov 06, 2014 in Poetry
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Dream Land Where sunless rivers weep Their waves into the deep, She sleeps a charmed sleep: Awake her not. Led by a single star, She came from very far To seek where shadows are Her pleasant lot. She left the rosy morn, She left the fields of corn, For twilight cold and lorn And water […]

Book Review: <i>The Light is On for You</i>
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Book Review: The Light is On for You

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by on Nov 06, 2014 in Catechesis, Featured, On Books
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Confession, also known as The Sacrament of Reconciliation, can be a hard sell, even among Catholics who actively practice their faith. In the Introduction to The Light is On for You: The Life-Changing Power of Confession (The Word Among Us Press), Cardinal Donald Wuerl acknowledges that only “slightly more than 60 percent of practicing Catholics […]

Reflections for Sunday, November 9, 2014
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Reflections for Sunday, November 9, 2014

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by on Nov 05, 2014 in Catechesis, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Sunday Reflections
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Meditation and Questions for Reflection or Group Discussion (Ezekiel 47:1-2,8-9,12; Psalm 46:2-3,5-6,8-9; 1 Corinthians 3:9-11,16-17; John 2:13-22) The Importance of Supporting and Praying for Our Bishops Zeal for your house will consume me. (John 2:17) Imagine a church adorned with marble columns, bursting with colors, gold ceilings, marble floors, walls covered with New Testament scenes, […]

I Get Knocked Down, But I Get Up Again
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I Get Knocked Down, But I Get Up Again

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by on Nov 05, 2014 in Columnists, Featured, Live in Christ, Men, MyChurchParish.com, Parenting
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Life is more about getting up than it is about not falling. So my father commented once, long ago, when (of all things) we were watching figure skating. It wasn’t just any figure skating, though, it was the return of Scott Hamilton after his battle with cancer. For those too young to remember, Scott Hamilton […]

Empty Full Pews
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Empty Full Pews

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by on Nov 05, 2014 in Featured, Live in Christ, The Social Order
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Christianity Today’s online magazine Parse recently posited that the rise of the automobile laid the groundwork for the modern megachurch. It’s a recommended read that gets to the crux of a problem in modern Christianity – a problem that cars only amplified: our self-centeredness. There are, of course, plenty of God-fearing Christians attending megachurches, but […]

Movie Review: <em>Gone Girl</em>
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Movie Review: Gone Girl

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by on Nov 04, 2014 in Featured, On TV and Movies
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I don’t know why this simple premise intrigued me when the best-selling book and now movie, Gone Girl first came out, but it did: A young married couple. The wife suddenly disappears. Was it murder? Did her husband do it? But alas, the film, for all its accolades, is a massive disappointment, and really, a […]

The One-Issue Voter
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The One-Issue Voter

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by on Nov 04, 2014 in Featured, Government & Politics, Law & Justice
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Will you stand for righteousness, come what may?

Thinking Liturgically: The Creed
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Thinking Liturgically: The Creed

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by on Nov 04, 2014 in Catechesis, Evangelization, Featured
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When one considers what the most important part of the Liturgy of the Word is, you would think that the proclamation of that word would easily rank in the top slot. I don’t wish to tell my reader they are wrong, but I submit there is something else that is also of the highest importance. […]

21st-Century Federal Debt Interest
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Still a Bottomless Pit

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by on Nov 04, 2014 in Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics, Law & Justice, The Economy
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Shouldn’t this figure be newsworthy?

Washington - Capitol - Mall - Monument
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Congress Makes History

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by on Nov 03, 2014 in Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics
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I honestly didn’t think I’d ever live to see it.

What Would You Say to Someone Who Wants to Leave the Catholic Church?
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What Would You Say to Someone Who Wants to Leave the Catholic Church?

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by on Nov 03, 2014 in Catechesis, Evangelization, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith
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I would imagine that no one ever wants to see a loved one walk away from the Church. This scenario plays out more often than naught with the people I speak to on a daily basis. A day doesn’t go by without encountering someone who is Catholic but not practicing. When I recently taught on […]

Book Review: <i>The Grace of Yes</i>
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Book Review: The Grace of Yes

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by on Nov 03, 2014 in Featured, Live in Christ, On Books
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What does it mean to live generously? That is the question at the heart of Lisa Hendey’s new book, The Grace of Yes: Eight Virtues for Generous Living (Ave Maria Press, 2014). Hendey, founder of CatholicMom.com and well-known speaker, offers readers an intimate look at her own struggles as she attempts to follow God’s will […]

An Open Letter to Brittany Maynard
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An Open Letter to Brittany Maynard

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by on Nov 01, 2014 in Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide, Featured, Live in Christ
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Dear Brittany Maynard, You don’t know me, and sadly, I don’t know you. I have something to tell you. Why should you care what another voice among millions is saying? Because I have good news. Like so many, your story has crashed into my world, just as cancer crashed into yours. As expected by your […]