Seven Family-Building Strategies for Nurturing Sibling Bonds
I was invited to talk to a mother’s group last week and the subject of brother and sister relationships came up. How do you get your children to get along? What do you do about building sibling bonds?...
View ArticleBe the Stranger
“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.” (Blanche DeBois, A Streetcar Named Desire) I was quietly praying the Rosary and holding a “Pray to Stop Abortion” sign outside Planned Parenthood...
View ArticleGoodness Always Tends to Spread
“Goodness always tends to spread. Every authentic experience of truth and goodness seeks by its very nature to grow within us, and any person who has experienced a profound liberation becomes more...
View ArticleDaily Catholic Quote from St. Thérèse of Lisieux
“Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.” (St. Thérèse of Lisieux — of the...
View ArticleEncountering the Word — Galatians 5:22
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control…” (Galatians 5:22) Print this entry
View ArticleCatholic Quote of the Day — from Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
“Kindness has converted more people than zeal, science, or eloquence.” (Blessed Teresa of Calcutta; No Greater Love) Print this entry
View ArticleChristmas Blessings of Hope and Joy Through Mother Mary’s Miraculous Medal
A couple of months ago I felt inspired to give a blessed Miraculous Medal to a woman I met who was working at a department store. I’ll call her Louise. She seemed very touched to receive the medal....
View ArticleEncountering the Word — Micah 6:8
A Daily Quote From Sacred Scripture “He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” (Micah...
View ArticleEncountering the Word — Proverbs 21:21
A Daily Quote From Sacred Scripture “He who pursues righteousness and kindness will find life and honor.” (Proverbs 21:21) Print this entry
View ArticleCatholic Quote of the Day — from Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” (Blessed Teresa of Calcutta) Print this entry
View ArticleCatholic Quote of the Day — from Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
“Kindness has converted more people than zeal, science, or eloquence.” (Blessed Teresa of Calcutta; No Greater Love) Print this entry
View ArticleEncountering the Word — Micah 6:8
A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” (Micah...
View ArticleChristmas JOY Amid Challenges
It was a blessed and happy Christmas in so many ways. My grandson was here for his very first Christmas! I was surrounded by my five children, my husband, my daughter’s husband, and one daughter’s...
View ArticleCatholic Quote of the Day — from Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
“Kindness has converted more people than zeal, science, or eloquence.” (Blessed Teresa of Calcutta; No Greater Love) Print this entry
View ArticleCatholic Quote of the Day — from Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” (Blessed Teresa of Calcutta) Print this entry
View ArticleCatholic Quote of the Day — from Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
“Like Jesus we belong to the world, living not for ourselves but for others. The joy of the Lord is our strength.” (Blessed Teresa of Calcutta) Print this entry
View ArticleCatholic Quote of the Day — from Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
“Kindness has converted more people than zeal, science, or eloquence.” (Blessed Teresa of Calcutta; No Greater Love) Print this entry
View ArticleEncountering the Word — Micah 6:8
A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” (Micah...
View ArticleWhen God picks your friends…
Our friends filled our bellies, but they what they really offered was friendship. Jesse and Dan’s ingenious modus operandi in securing our friendship was to feed us. My husband, John, and I had moved...
View ArticleDaily Catholic Quote — from Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
“Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.” (Blessed Teresa of Calcutta) Print this entry
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