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Receive the Holy Spirit: Confirmation and Pentecost
Rachel Forton - May 23, 2023
The connections between Pentecost and Confirmation are beautifully laid out in this meditative post. -
What the Ascension Tells Us About the Body
Sara and Justin Kraft - May 16, 2023
Learn about what Jesus's Ascension into heaven tells us about God's destiny for our own bodies. -
Sacred Scripture Deep Dive: 1 Peter
Sara and Justin Kraft - May 9, 2023
Take a deep dive into the first letter of St. Peter with this post. -
Scripture Deep Dive: The Gospel of St. Mark
John Kubasak - Apr 25, 2023
Learn more about the Gospel of St. Mark. -
To Till and Keep: Care for God’s Green Earth
Mackenzie Worthing - Apr 21, 2023
Learn more about what it truly means to care for God's creation, according to Adam's roles in the Garden of Eden in Genesis 1 &2 and how we can live them today. -
How Would You Respond to the Empty Tomb?
Sara and Justin Kraft - Apr 18, 2023
Have you ever wondered how you would respond to the empty tomb? Here's a post to help your meditation this Easter season. -
St. Peter in The Refugee from Heaven: Some Lessons for Holy Week
John Kubasak - Apr 4, 2023
Learn more about St. Peter from Cora Evans' masterpiece, The Refugee from Heaven. -
5 Bible Passages to Spur You On in Lent
John Kubasak - Mar 28, 2023
Read these 5 passages from the Sacred Scripture to spur you on as Lent comes to an end. -
Making the Holy Spirit Your Guide in the New Year
Sara and Justin Kraft - Jan 9, 2023
I want to encourage you to let the Holy Spirit be your guide for the new year, for He is the One who will cultivate all these gifts and many more in your life. In this regard I would like to offer 5 practical tips for letting the Spirit be the guide of your spiritual life throughout the upcoming year. -
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. -
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. -
How to Think About Death Without Ruining Your Day
John Kubasak - Nov 2, 2022
Take a healthy view of death, add in confession, and scriptural reasons for confidence, and I hope death takes on a different picture. Follow the Lord, pursue holiness, and gain the divine life of grace from the sacraments. -
Jesus and the Little Children: A Reflection on a Selection from “The Refugee from Heaven”
Mackenzie Worthing - Oct 28, 2022
In Chapter 2 of Book 3 in The Refugee from Heaven, a story is told of Jesus to give hope to a rather hopeless group – convicted prisoners doomed to die: Jesus comes to a village with many children who were suffering and the spent the entire day healing them, bringing the children joy and their parents relief and hope for the future.

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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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