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Catholic Hymns You Should Know: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Katherine Prezioso - Jan 9, 2025
Learn more about "Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence," a beautiful hymn meditating upon both the Incarnation and the True Presence of Our Lord in the Holy Eucharist. -
Catholic Hymns You Should Know: Joy to the World
John Kubasak - Dec 31, 2024
Go through the beautiful and traditonal Christmas hymn, "Joy to the World." -
Advent 2024 Week 4 Reflection
Mackenzie Worthing - Dec 23, 2024
This week's reflection is based on words spoken to Mary and Joseph by the Archangel Michael after the birth of Baby Jesus according to the mystical visions of Cora Evans collected in The Advent Story. -
Advent 2024 Week 2 Reflection
Mackenzie Worthing - Dec 13, 2024
This week's Advent reflection meditates on Mary's encounter with the innkeeper's wife in Bethlehem, taken from The Advent Story, a collection of Cora Evans' mystical visions centered on the birth of Christ. -
Catholic Hymn You Should Know: Alma Redemptoris Mater
John Kubasak - Jan 11, 2024
Learn more about the Marian antiphon, the Alma Redemptoris Mater. -
The Tapestry of the Nutcracker and the Nativity
C. E. Umbria - Dec 28, 2023
Learn what The Nutcracker and Cora Evans' The Advent Story have in common by taking a simple story and infusing it with extraordinary splendor. -
Gloria in Excelsis Deo: What to Know about the Different Christmas Masses
Daniel Witham - Dec 23, 2023
There are three different liturgies for Christmas. Learn more about these different masses in today's blog post. -
Light in Darkness: John 1 and Hope of Christmas
Daniel Witham - Dec 14, 2023
Reflect on the coming of Christmas in the midst of the darkest time of the year and what this liturgical setting means for us all. -
Following Mary in the Fourth Trimester: A Mother’s Meditation
Mackenzie Worthing - Feb 2, 2023
A meditation on lessons learned from Mary during the fourth trimester during the Advent and Christmas season. -
We Have Come to Adore: Reflections on the Magi from The Advent Story
Mackenzie Worthing - Jan 6, 2023
We know little of the Three Kings or Magi who bring gifts to the Child Jesus. The Advent Story opens up their beautiful journey to find the Christ Child. -
Cultivating Generosity in Our Families
Josh Florence - Jan 2, 2023
“Tis the season to be sharing.” This phrase may be overheard during the Christmas season. Each family will find its own unique ways to be more generous this time of year. How can we encourage this sentiment throughout the entire year amongst our children? -
Hannah, Elizabeth, and Mary: Women of Faith
Rachel Forton - Dec 29, 2022
Hannah, Elizabeth, and Mary model for us what can happen when we trust God’s faithfulness and might as recorded in Scripture: “for nothing will be impossible for God” (Luke 1:37). What can happen when we believe these words of the angel Gabriel spoken to Mary? -
Grow Strong Again: Rooted in the Root of Jesse
Jeannie Ewing - Dec 26, 2022
In today's blog, Jeannie meditates on Isaiah 11 and what it means to be holy as God is calling us to be holy in the here and now. -
Journal Prompts for the Christmas Season
Jeannie Ewing - Dec 22, 2022
Jeannie Ewing provides some scripture verses and journal prompts for the Christmas season, especially for those who are not feeling "in the Christmas spirit" this year. -
Christmas Cooking: Celebrating Christmastide with Food
Mackenzie Worthing - Dec 19, 2022
We have the opportunity to make our very food, which we use not only for sustenance but also for celebration, help us lift our eyes to heaven and remember the season and feasts which we hold dear. Below are a few recipe ideas for the Christmas season - for the 12 Days of Christmas - for a liturgical approach to the season.

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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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