For some reason, family prayer can be difficult. Carving out time in a day and gathering everyone into the same room seems particularly hard. It was hard when my wife Ashley and I had only three kids.
So how does one practically move from lusting after one’s wife to learning how to love her? Warning: this is not a simple list, but takes a lot of grace, humility, and effort. Buckle your seatbelts...
Years ago, I said something to my 11-year-old son which he found to be unsympathetic. His response? “I don’t think that is what a real parent would say to her child.” I have no idea how he came up...
"...the tears shed for My Passion are dear to Me; but loving with so great love My Mother Mary, the meditation of the dolors which she suffered at My death is more dear to Me."
St. Gertrude, also known as St. Gertrude the Great, was a 13th-century German nun of the Benedictine order who belonged to the famous Monastery of Helfsta. Few details of Gertrude’s early life are...
Although his life sounds almost too unbelievable to be true, St. Peregrine not only existed but also left behind an incredible legacy that sees him still to this day as a patron saint to so many...
Peace is fundamental to the Christian faith. In the book of the prophet Isaiah, long before Jesus’s birth, we learn of his title of Prince of Peace. “For a child, is born to us, a son is given to us...