Category: Live in Christ

Three Keys for Couples
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Three Keys for Couples

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by on Jan 21, 2015 in Evangelization, Featured, Live in Christ, Marriage, Men, Parenting, Vocations
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Years ago, I shared a memorable conversation with Catholic author Taylor Marshall while we both worked at the Catholic Information Center in Washington, D.C. Taylor told me about some advice that, in his words, an “old, crusty Episcopalian priest” had given him shortly before his wedding: “The keys to a good marriage are threefold: to […]

The "Anti-Idol" Cultural Approach
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The “Anti-Idol” Cultural Approach

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by on Jan 19, 2015 in Evangelization, Featured, Live in Christ
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Among the many things the United States has given to the world, there is the grossly over-inflated regard for pop culture. Granted, there has been some version of “pop culture” perhaps as long as there has been public entertainment, admired teachers, respected leaders and producers of literature. But modern American pop culture has taken things […]

Speak, Lord, Your Servants Are Listening
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Speak, Lord, Your Servants Are Listening

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by on Jan 19, 2015 in Featured, Live in Christ, Sunday Reflections
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Young Samuel was an apprentice of the priest Eli. In those days personal revelations from God rarely occurred. But then one night Samuel was sleeping in the temple near the Ark of the Covenant when the Lord called him by name. “Samuel, Samuel.” Samuel ran to Eli and woke up the old man and said, […]

Our Catholic School Family
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Our Catholic School Family

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by on Jan 15, 2015 in Education, Evangelization, Featured, Live in Christ, Parenting
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As Catholic Schools Week approaches in our diocese, I find myself reflecting on how we ended up choosing Catholic school for our children. Reprinted with permission from CatholicSistas.com Catholic school was not really on our radar when we started our family. My husband and I both grew up going to large public schools and did […]

My Favorite Christmas Gift
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My Favorite Christmas Gift

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by on Jan 15, 2015 in Featured, Live in Christ, MyChurchParish.com
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At the pinnacle of the sloping ceiling at St. Cletus Catholic Church (in St. Charles, Mo.), at the center of the church, some clear windows allow sunshine to stream downward – when the sun is shining, of course. The sun was shining brightly in our part of the world on Christmas Day. Praise God! Monsignor […]

Blessed Mother Knows Best
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Blessed Mother Knows Best

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by on Jan 09, 2015 in Catechesis, Evangelization, Featured, Live in Christ, Men, Parenting, Vocations
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Passing on the faith at home with Marian piety During his installation at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago last November, Archbishop Blase Cupich challenged those in attendance to pass on the faith to young people through their “authenticity of life, where words match deeds.” The message was not just for Catholic teachers and youth ministers, […]

The Then and The Now
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The Then and The Now

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by on Jan 08, 2015 in Catechesis, Featured, Live in Christ
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St. Augustine is famously quoted as teaching that our hearts are restless until they rest in God. The word “restless” captures this truth well, although here in Texas the condition might also be described as an itch that can’t quite get scratched. However it is described the great bishop of Hippo is correct. Our hearts […]

Saved Through the Flesh
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Saved Through the Flesh

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by on Jan 08, 2015 in Evangelization, Featured, Live in Christ, Vocations
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Jesus Christ didn’t save us with an idea, with an intellectual program, no. He saved us with his flesh, with the concreteness of the flesh.” -Pope Francis This quote from Pope Francis slipped across my screen as I was scrolling through my Facebook news feed. I didn’t slow down as I was looking for something […]

Speak Out!
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Speak Out!

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by on Jan 06, 2015 in Evangelization, Featured, Live in Christ
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There are those who can evangelize hundreds, even thousand. Radio preachers and televangelists speak to millions. Sidewalk prophets publicly and loudly tell the world the Kingdom is near or here. Still, we can choose to just live our lives quietly, privately trying our best to get to Heaven. Personal, isolated Christianity is just fine. Well, […]

Ask Mary to Speak to Her Son
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Ask Mary to Speak to Her Son

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by on Jan 01, 2015 in Apologetics, Evangelization, Featured, Live in Christ, MyChurchParish.com
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You cannot count the number of times in your life you have said these words: “Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death, Amen.” Why do we do this? Why ask Mary to pray for us? Many say “No need to get the Mother involved, just […]

From Angels We Have Heard
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From Angels We Have Heard

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by on Dec 25, 2014 in Disability, Sickness & Suffering, Featured, Live in Christ, MyChurchParish.com
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“The Word became flesh” (John 1.14) is a central tenet of Christian truth. It’s what Christmas is about ? not some little fat man in a red suit. Jesus is the Word that became flesh. The Incarnation: God made man.  It is a unique and singular historical event so significant that the universe rejoiced. Saint […]

Earthly Sucker or Eternal Fool
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Earthly Sucker or Eternal Fool

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by on Dec 24, 2014 in Evangelization, Featured, Live in Christ
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The Magnificent Seven is one of the definitive Westerns, with timeless themes, Oscar-nominated music, gun play (and knife play),  and characters whose goodness or evil is never in doubt. Harry Luck (Brad Dexter) is one of the six gunmen that Chris Adams (Yul Brynner) recruits to help a small Mexican village raided periodically by marauding […]

Fr. Don Calloway on the Power of Mary
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Fr. Don Calloway on the Power of Mary

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by on Dec 23, 2014 in Featured, Live in Christ, On Books, On TV and Movies
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Twelve years ago, a brief article in the Marian Helper magazine caught my attention. “My mother never gave up on me,” I read. “Even though I dropped out of high school, she never gave up on me, and now I’m becoming a priest.” That simple little story spoke volumes. I was on the lookout for inspirational […]

You're Safe with Daddy
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You’re Safe with Daddy

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by on Dec 22, 2014 in Evangelization, Featured, Live in Christ, Men, Parenting, Vocations
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There is a prevalence of inordinate fear and anxiety in Western culture today. Yet, we are called not to live a fear-driven life, but rather a life of deeply rooted faith and trust in our loving, all powerful, caring Father in heaven. Yes, He is your Father. We all innately desire safety and security. But, […]

Shudder -- It's Good for You
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Shudder — It’s Good for You

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by on Dec 21, 2014 in Featured, Live in Christ
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Be sober. Accept reality. This is serious.

Votive Candles: Lights of Faith and Hope
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Votive Candles: Lights of Faith and Hope

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by on Dec 18, 2014 in Featured, Live in Christ
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An elderly woman stands at the votive candle area and lights eight large candles. She says a prayer and then finds her place in the pew. On exiting the Church, a young girl, no more than ten years old, lights a small candle with her dad watching on. Her dad told her to say a […]

Ode to Feminine Genius: A Family Woman
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Ode to Feminine Genius: A Family Woman

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by on Dec 16, 2014 in Evangelization, Featured, Live in Christ, The Feminine Genius, Vocations, Women
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When I was a child I always said I wanted 9 children. In fact, I said I wanted 9 boys! I would tell people I wanted my own baseball team, not a softball team, a baseball team. Family was important to me and I hoped and prayed that one day I would find someone who […]

Ubi Petrus, Ibi Ecclesia
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Ubi Petrus, Ibi Ecclesia

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by on Dec 15, 2014 in Featured, Live in Christ
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In a recent post in his blog The Next Right Step, Charlie Johnston writes: “There is a lot of theological incoherence rising right now.” A few days ago I realized that a friend of mine — whose friendship I treasured since the time of my conversion — is into some form of Sedevacantism. This is hard to understand […]

Confessions of a Publicly Grumpy Mom
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Confessions of a Publicly Grumpy Mom

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by on Dec 12, 2014 in Evangelization, Featured, Live in Christ, Parenting, Vocations, Women
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Milk and toothpaste. That’s all that was left on my shopping list as I maneuvered myself, two shopping carts (one of the race car variety) and my five youngest sons toward the back of our local supermarket. The oldest boy was big enough to push a cart, only occasionally racing down an aisle or bumping […]

For a Simpler Life, Get Rid of Your Soul-Sucking Stuff
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For a Simpler Life, Get Rid of Your Soul-Sucking Stuff

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by on Dec 09, 2014 in Evangelization, Featured, Live in Christ, Personal Finance
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You all know the drill–every December, stuff starts to find its way into your house. You throw a Christmas party and people bring you hostess gifts. You do a gift exchange at work and bring home more kitsch. Then there’s Christmas morning, plus the rounds to the relatives’ houses where you collect more stuff to bring […]

<i>Loved as I Am</i> - A Powerful Conversion Story
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Loved as I Am – A Powerful Conversion Story

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by on Dec 07, 2014 in Featured, Live in Christ, On Books
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Loved as I Am: An Invitation to Conversion, Healing, and Freedom through Jesus (Ave Maria Press, 2014) is written by a religious sister who has experienced conversion in a very dramatic fashion, but this book is for anyone who is wounded, suffers from addiction, or feels unloved and/or unlovable. Sr. Miriam James Heidland, a member […]

Book Review: <em>Embracing Edith Stein: Wisdom for Women</em>
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Book Review: Embracing Edith Stein: Wisdom for Women

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by on Dec 04, 2014 in Featured, Live in Christ, On Books, Women
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Before reading Anne Costa’s book Embracing Edith Stein: Wisdom for Women from St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, I knew who Edith Stein was but did not really know a lot about her. She had figured into other things I have read and I had connected with some of the passages quoted from her writings. […]

Promoting the Angelus as an Advent Devotion
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Promoting the Angelus as an Advent Devotion

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by on Dec 01, 2014 in Featured, Live in Christ, MyChurchParish.com
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Farmers pause in their fields at midday and bow their heads in prayer. [i] Businessmen and women overhear the ringing bells during their lunch break in the downtown business district. And neighbors to Catholic Churches may hear the church bells toll at six, noon, and six as an invitation to pray the traditional devotion of […]

Even When He is Silent, His Love Abides
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Even When He is Silent, His Love Abides

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by on Nov 24, 2014 in Featured, Live in Christ, Marriage, Parenting
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Even with all I have lost in this life I still believe in love. Even when love seems silent, I believe in love. Even if God seems silent, I believe in Him for He is divine love, manifested to us in His Son Jesus Christ.[1] He abides with me. So too, my experience with human […]