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On Being Alone
Michael McDevitt - Apr 22, 2020
We all share the fear of being alone in the hospital suffering from the Coronavirus with no visitors allowed. Our would-be visitors suffer from their inability to be at the bedside during this time of greatest need for both parties. We need to express love for each other. I would like to offer a point of clarification about love, a subject so important considering this potential (maybe even likely) personal crisis. -
Here Are a Few Ways to Support Your Parish Priest During the COVID-19 Shutdown
Fr. Mike Liledahl - Apr 20, 2020
As a parish priest, I grieve with you as you struggle through this time. Many people have asked me what they can do to support me. Here are six ways that you can support your parish priest during this Coronavirus shutdown. -
How We Can Continue to Love Our Neighbors From Afar
Sara and Justin Kraft - Apr 14, 2020
Jesus commanded us to love our neighbor, but with our current restrictions in place to slow the spread of COVID-19, how is it possible to continue to love our neighbor and still maintain social distancing? -
5 Bible Stories to Inspire You During Times of Trial
Rachel Forton - Apr 7, 2020
It is perhaps clearer now than at any point in our lifetime that we need God. We need a God who makes a way for us where there seems to be no way out. I hope that these five Biblical stories of our God’s providence will encourage your faith and trust in the only One who can truly provide for our every need. -
Get a Glimpse of Cora Evans’ Masterpiece “The Refugee From Heaven”
Hillary Mast - Apr 2, 2020
How did a woman with a rudimentary education write so eloquently about life in first century Jerusalem? How could someone with very little prior exposure to Catholicism articulate details of the faith so well? For Cora Evans, none of this would have been possible without her mystical encounters with Christ. -
Forging Authentic Friendships in an Age of Loneliness
Mackenzie Worthing - Mar 31, 2020
There is a loneliness epidemic in our world today. In a time when we are more connected than ever, more and more people seem to be suffering from isolation. So many have lost the ability to form friendships that last. People may have friends at work or friends they go out with, but many don’t have a friend they can call in times of trouble or of joy. Not having friends around who can share a vulnerable conversation can make people feel even lonelier. -
How Being Pregnant During Lent Helped Me Focus on Christ
Jeannie Ewing - Mar 24, 2020
Some women sail through pregnancy without incident. For others, it is an extremely painful, arduous process from the beginning. I am of the latter variety. To date, four out of my five pregnancies have overlapped with the Lenten season. -
Take Some Time to Build More Silence into Your Day
John Kubasak - Mar 17, 2020
Perhaps now more than ever, we need to listen to the "still, small voice" of God through silence. Here are some practical ways you can bring prayerful silence into your life everyday: -
Taking Jesus on an Hour Vacation in the World
Sara and Justin Kraft - Mar 10, 2020
In her writings, Cora Evans describes a vision in which Jesus asked her to take Him on “an hour vacation in the modern world.” What an interesting and challenging concept. What would it be like to see the world through Christ’s eyes, to act as he would act, and truly think with the mind of Christ as we go through an hour of our daily life? -
Saints Who Were Siblings
Hannah Crites - Mar 3, 2020
Let's look at these sibling saints and learn about how their relationships and shared childhoods led them to ultimately be recognized by the church as men and women of heroic virtue. -
How to Have a Great Lent (Even If You’re Really Dreading It)
Fr. Mike Liledahl - Feb 25, 2020
If the crowds at Ash Wednesday Masses tell us anything, it is that Lent is a powerful season for people; one that speaks to them on a level they might not even understand. But, some people don’t like Lent, they see it as a drag and a drudgery. With that in mind, here is my biggest suggestion to those people, and actually to everybody who will be entering Lent. Do it all, and keep doing it even when you fail at it. -
Getting to Know Saint Catherine de Ricci, a Perfect Lenten Companion
Kimberly Timmerman - Feb 20, 2020
Perhaps lesser known among the saints, Saint Catherine de Ricci is a saint of greatness. Lent is the perfect time to take a look at her great example of sacrificial love and young leadership. -
7 Great Lenten Sacrifices for Modern Catholics
Jeannie Ewing - Feb 18, 2020
Creativity goes a long way, but we don’t have to stretch our minds to come up with the most unusual sacrifices. Here are seven simple but challenging suggestions for making Lent a more meaningful and prayerful experience this year – suggestions that might surprise you or at least make you think about what people in previous generations did not face. -
Check Out These February Saints to Help You Fight the Winter Blues
Gillian Weyant - Feb 11, 2020
As we contemplate entering into the time of Lent, where we await the Resurrection, it is helpful for us to think of ways in which we might prepare to fill our souls with the joy of the risen Christ. Learn about these saints of February to help you with your preparations for Lent. -
Do You Know Just How Much God Loves You?
Rachel Forton - Feb 6, 2020
Following God does come with conditions; but God’s love does not. Is that hard to believe? For many Catholics, it is. Here is some encouragement on your journey to accepting God’s unconditional, relentless, undeserved love for you.
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- 1I Was A Pilgrim In History
- 2An Introduction to the Life and Writings of Cora Evans
- 3The Refugee from Heaven
- 4A Time to Laugh and a Time to Weep
I Was A Pilgrim In History
The book tells of the journey of the Magi from Egypt where they first witnessed a vision of the birth of the child Messiah. The story follows the Magi to their meeting with Herod and finding the Holy Family. It then follows the Holy Family’s flight to Egypt and their return trip to Nazareth. The story explores some new details of Jesus’ childhood and how His identity was kept secret. The story continues to the time of the Crucifixion of Jesus, and it ends with the Blessed Mother completing the first Stations of the Cross.
An Introduction to the Life and Writings of Cora Evans
An Introduction to the Life and Writings of Cora Evans: Wife, Mother, and Mystic is a personal journal written by one of her best friend, Christian Brother, Edward Behan. Behan shares his knowledge of Cora's life and writings, of her thoughts and insights, which unfolded over six years of inspiring friendship. This book sheds much light on Cora and her relationship with our Lord.
The Refugee from Heaven
The Refugee from Heaven recounts the life of Jesus Christ as an eyewitness, beginning with the first meeting between Jesus and Peter, on the shores of Mount Carmel Bay. With vivid detail and dialogue, this unique account breathes new life into well-known figures of the Gospels.
A Time to Laugh and a Time to Weep
NOW AVAILABLE! A Time to Laugh and A Time to Weep is a prayerful journey for healing, forgiveness, charity, kindness, and courage that traverses the highs and lows of motherhood and faith in light of Cora Evans’ writings. Travel alongside Cora Evans and Jeannie Ewing — one a woman of the early twentieth century, another a modern Catholic living in the frenzied, post-modern Information Age — and realize that truth, beauty, and wisdom exist outside of time.
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