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St. Joseph is the Man!
John Kubasak - Mar 16, 2021
John Kubasak reflects on the life of St. Joseph and the lessons that the foster father of Jesus can give to our own spiritual lives. -
Grumbling in the Desert: 5 Tips to Not Complain During the Waiting
Jeannie Ewing - Mar 9, 2021
We tend to complain when we wait, because we do not see what God is doing in and around us. He often chooses to leave us blind to this work, because we must learn to grow in virtue, particularly patience and perseverance. Both can bear significant fruit in our interior lives if we allow them to unfurl during the trials of waiting for something to move, change, or happen. -
3 Lessons for Cultivating Obedience This Lent
Sara and Justin Kraft - Mar 2, 2021
Sara and Justin Kraft reflect on obedience as a virtue that promotes freedom and provide lessons on how to cultivate obedience during the season of Lent. -
Why Penance? Removing Distraction to Focus on God
Gillian Weyant - Feb 16, 2021
“In acts of penance, we often will come away with a greater understanding of what in our everyday lives is taking our attention away from loving God as well as we can.” --Gillian Weyant This week’s blog looks into the reason we take on acts of penance (alongside other spiritual practices) during the season of Lent and how to choose penance that is right for growth in your relationship with God. -
St. Josephine Bakhita: Grace Amidst Suffering
Hannah Crites - Feb 11, 2021
Throughout her life, St. Josephine Bakhita endured unspeakable hardship and violence, so much so that she was stripped of her identity and dignity. But in that, she was able to blossom into one of the most beautiful, gentle saints we have the blessing to know. -
Ordinary Time: A Call to Discipleship
Mackenzie Worthing - Feb 4, 2021
Ordinary Time is our chance to become the ordinary disciples – to put our discipleship in proper order in our ordinary lives. The apostles ought to be the model of how the faithful approach Ordinary Time: respond to the call, listen to the teaching, and dwell with Christ throughout our daily tasks. -
Learning from the Conversion of St. Paul
John Kubasak - Jan 20, 2021
The conversion lesson to us is that no conversion can take place without falling before God in humility. Sometimes God steps in dramatically in our lives—our own road to Damascus—but not always. We can’t expect or wait for a blinding flash of light, or hold in envy those that do have extraordinary conversions. The essence of conversion is available to every single person: humility. -
Living Your Baptismal Mission as Priest, Prophet, and King
Sara and Justin Kraft - Jan 6, 2021
On Sunday, January 10 we will celebrate the Baptism of the Lord. Through Baptism we are redeemed and made children of God for mission. We live out this mission by sharing in the offices of Christ as priest, prophet, and king. Today’s blog discusses what these offices are and how to live them out! -
How to Make the Most of the Christmas Octave (& Season!)
Kimberly Timmerman - Dec 23, 2020
Kimi Timmerman explains why the Christmas season doesn’t end on Christmas day and our celebration of Christ’s birth continues on! -
St. John of the Cross—Reflection on His Sayings of Light and Love
Jeannie Ewing - Dec 14, 2020
St. John of the Cross wrote tomes of pithy spiritual gems in both poetry and prose, containing sage advice glimmering with symbolism. In honor of his feast day, here are five of those words he imparted hundreds of years ago. They are meant to inspire and encourage the weary pilgrim even today, especially today. -
Why Did the Word Become Flesh?
Mackenzie Worthing - Dec 2, 2020
May we spend this Advent season meditating more and more on the bewildering joy of the Incarnation. May we come to a fuller understanding of our need for redemption. May we come to a deeper awareness of God’s love for us and come to love him more. May we spend time in the Sacred Scripture observing Jesus and imitating him in our lives. May we not take for granted our status of divine sonship through the Sacraments. May we remember why the Word became flesh and remember to proclaim the Good... -
5 Tips for a Fruitful Advent During a Dark Time
Kenzie Worthing - Nov 24, 2020
It’s been a difficult year. Kenzie Worthing reflects on how to make the most of this upcoming Advent season and await the coming of Christ, the light in the darkness. -
How to Make a More Contrite Confession
Rachel Forton - Nov 17, 2020
In our deeply flawed and hurting world, the fact that God readily and freely gives His mercy to all those willing to approach Him in repentance is simply amazing. We should not take for granted the beautiful healing God wishes to give us in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The more prepared we are to receive that healing, the more God can do for us. And you just may find that the more you approach God for forgiveness, the easier it is to extend that forgiveness to the other flawed human beings... -
Why Having a Spiritual Director Is Important
Jeannie Ewing - Nov 12, 2020
Ten years ago, I’d stumbled upon a crossroads in my spiritual growth. I tried everything...Still, I felt stuck, stagnant. That’s when I knew I needed a spiritual director. A good spiritual director will not only listen to your qualms, but s/he will also leave you with important questions that you can – and should – take to prayer and confession. You will feel validated but challenged, uplifted but stirred to change. -
How My Spiritual Life Has Changed Since COVID
John Kubasak - Oct 20, 2020
Daily life has not been the same since early this year. COVID has upended our churches, schools, recreation, and work. Is there an area of life it hasn’t disrupted? Sometimes forgotten on that list, but definitely needed, is our spiritual life. Here’s where the rubber meets the road in our practice of the faith. Faith is meant to be with us always, but it is even more important during times of trial.
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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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