Saint Pope John Paul II Familiaris Consortis [H]istory is not simply a fixed progression towards what is better, but rather an event of freedom, and even a struggle between freedoms that are in mutual conflict, that is, according to the well-known expression of St. Augustine, a conflict between two [...]
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1) That is how it all began and that is how we all began. Each one of us as a unique creation of God! Psalm 139 says this so beautifully: “For you formed my inward parts, you knitted me together in [...]
“I just wanted to tell you that you guys are one of the only families who haven't used electronic media the whole time you were here. You look like you really enjoy each other!” The compliment came from a waitress at Pasqual’s, a popular restaurant in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where we [...]
We pray our Family Rosary most often in the evenings at home, before bed-time for our youngest. We also set a specific time for our Rosary (usually 8pm — but that can fluctuate quite a bit!). Most of the time, praying our Family Rosary is a wonderfully soothing meditation for us, but [...]
Blessed John Henry Newman (1801-1890) (beatified in 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI) composed this prayer, which Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta loved and taught her Sisters of Charity to recite daily. What a beautiful prayer for us as Mothers -- am I a radiant light of Christ to my children? Do they see [...]
Today, February 2nd, is a wonderful feast day in our liturgical year — actually two feasts are celebrated today — the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord Jesus and the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. These two celebrations are combined in the more familiar nomenclature of Candlemas. [...]
"Every Good Thing" is one of my favorite songs! It is by The Afters (a Christian band) from their 2013 album Life Is Beautiful. I was especially reminded of this song because our family theme this year is Beauty -- recognizing beauty all around us, finding ways to create beauty, (individually and [...]
P is for Pray before Planning! I have to admit it. I love to plan. I love to organize. It may seem contradictory to admit that most of the time, my home and especially, my office, is not organized or neat! It’s because I spend so much time planning that I don’t have [...]
How many times do my days go exactly as planned? And yet, I wake up each morning with the hope that everything I thought of doing or wrote down in my planner or up on the schedule board or just listed intangibly in my head will actually get [...]
"Mankind has made wonderful discoveries and achieved extraordinary results in the fields of science and technology. It has made great advances along the path of progress and civilization. . . But the fundamental transformation, the one which can be called 'original,' constantly accompanies man's journey, and through all the events of [...]