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Increase Your Joy in Your Work Day with These Prayers
Maureen Dillon - May 1, 2018
Today is the feast of St. Joseph the Worker. It can be challenging to view work as a blessing in our lives. It may be stressful. It often takes us away from spending time with our friends and family or other activities that we rather be doing. It can be difficult not to view work as a punishment from God for Adam and Eve's original sin. However, if we understand human nature and man's relationship with God and with creation rightly, the opportunity and ability to work is a great and... -
You Need to Use This Top 10 Guide to Holiness
John Kubasak - Jan 9, 2018
Bl. Francis Xavier Seelos was the kind of spiritual guide that people travelled to hear him preach and confess to him. What made him so appealing was “a simple lifestyle and a simple manner of expressing himself." The foundation of his success was his own personal holiness. -
Why Ring in the New Year by Honoring the Mother of God?
Gillian Weyant - Jan 2, 2018
On the first of January, the Catholic Church celebrates the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God. This feast shows us beautiful and fundamental truths about our faith, and how we may grow closer to Jesus through Mary. -
Find Out About These Amazing Saints of November
Anne Stricherz - Nov 28, 2017
The month of November begins with the Feast of “All Saints,” something we are all called to be by our baptism. The canonized saints—holy men and women who served Christ daily—celebrated this month serve as models and inspiration for our own journeys. -
What Do You Know About the Life of this Holy Cardinal?
Mary M. Dillon - Nov 14, 2017
It was said that Cardinal Joachim Meisner "is more closely connected with the message of Fatima than any other German bishop" when he passed away in this centenary year of the Fatima apparitions of 1917. -
How to Celebrate the Saints and All Souls This Month
Oakleigh Stavish - Nov 2, 2017
On the feast of All Saints’ Day on November 1, we honor all of the souls who are in heaven and on the feast of All Souls’ Day on November 2 we pray for the souls of the faithful departed who are still in Purgatory. Commemoration of the dead was a practice that existed since the early days of Christianity, and, in the 6th century, the Benedictines commemorated departed souls on a specific day. -
Do You Know the Amazing Story of This Beatified Mystic?
Gillian Weyant - Oct 12, 2017
Anne Catherine Emmerich, beatified in 2004 by Pope Saint John Paul II, was a German nun, mystic, and stigmatist. A woman of great piety and humility, she recorded visions and insights that enlighten our faith. -
These Saints of October Will Inspire You
Sara and Justin Kraft - Oct 10, 2017
October is full of great saints that can teach us many lessons. Here is a brief introduction to some of them. -
How Will You Celebrate Our Lady of the Rosary?
Charles Kaupke - Oct 5, 2017
The Rosary is a sort of “guided tour” of Jesus’ life, through the eyes of the person who knew Him the best—His mother. With each mystery, we ask Mary to obtain for us the grace of salvation, our own and others'. -
Rejoice on the Feast of the Guardian Angels
Mary M. Dillon - Oct 3, 2017
The role of the guardian angel is "to guide and to guard" and each can act "as a messenger of God's will to our minds." According to tradition, on October 2nd our Guardian Angels are not only honored but invoked as our helpers. -
What Do You Know about the Archangels?
Mary M. Dillon - Sep 28, 2017
Sacred Scripture reveals that angels account for a vast multitude that is beyond human estimation. The Word of God has identified only three angels by name: the archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. -
What Makes the Gospel of Matthew Special?
Oakleigh Stavish - Sep 21, 2017
On this feast of St. Matthew the Evangelist, let us meditate on the beautiful truths and insights about our faith presented in the Gospel of Matthew and manifested in his life. -
Do You Know About These Marian Feast Days?
Jeannie Ewing - Sep 7, 2017
If there was ever a human who lived the essence of love, it was Our Lady. Leaning into the heart of Mary naturally and necessarily leads us to the heart of Jesus. -
These Faithful Saints Will Make Amazing Spiritual Guides
Anne Stricherz - Sep 5, 2017
As we bid farewell to the long days of summer, we usher in a new school year as well as other signs of Fall and in the month of September the feast days of many great saints. Here's what we can learn from them. -
Celebrate These Important Feast Days of Mary
Gillian Weyant - Aug 15, 2017
The various titles and feast days of Mary remind us of the vital role she plays in bringing us closer to God. She is described throughout Church history as “Cause of Our Salvation,” “Queen of Heaven,” “Throne of Wisdom,” and “Health of the Afflicted.”
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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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