Mission: Mom
Features | Posted by Lynn Wehner in Faith on Friday, August 20, 2010
Editor’s Note: This essay was published as part of the annual Catholic College Guide in the Fall 2010 issue of Faith & Family magazine.
“Just face it; you’re going to be a blubbering wreck.” It was a summer-long mantra chanted by friends, day after day after day.
And it stood to reason, really. We were headed to drop off our eldest child, Allie, at college for the first time. Even the words “drop... READ MORE
Bonus Room
November/December 2008 Magazine Issue | Posted by Lynn Wehner in Bonus Room on Wednesday, October 29, 2008
“I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord” (Luke 2:10-11).
Joy is one of the 12 fruits of the Spirit — “perfections that the Holy Spirit forms in us as the first fruits of eternal glory” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, No. 1832).
At this time of year and all year long, the joy of Christ’s birth... READ MORE
Bonus Room - September/ October 2008
September/October 2008 Magazine Issue | Posted by Lynn Wehner in Bonus Room on Wednesday, August 20, 2008
“I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday,” said Abraham Lincoln. Here’s to our lifelong journey of growth in the virtue of wisdom …
Wisdom, says Webster’s, is “the power of judging rightly and following the soundest course of action, based on knowledge, experience, and understanding.”
Wisdom is one of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit that (along with understanding,... READ MORE
Bonus Room - May/June 2008
May/June 2008 Magazine Issue | Posted by Lynn Wehner in Bonus Room on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Kindness. The state of being “sympathetic, friendly, gentle, tenderhearted, generous.”
— Webster’s New World Dictionary
“But God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love he had for us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, brought us to life with Christ (by grace you have been saved), raised us up with him, and seated us with him in the heavens in Christ Jesus, that in the ages... READ MORE
Bonus Room
July/August 2008 Magazine Issue | Posted by Lynn Wehner in Bonus Room on Friday, July 11, 2008
Summer fashions can distract from the true inner beauty of the human person. But modesty is the virtue of not calling attention to oneself — either by words or by dress!
Modesty. 1: freedom from conceit or vanity 2: propriety in dress, speech, or conduct (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
“Purity requires modesty, an integral part of temperance. Modesty protects the intimate center of the person. It means... READ MORE
Singing Their Hearts Out
July/August 2008 Magazine Issue | Posted by Lynn Wehner in Everyday Apostles on Friday, July 11, 2008
World Youth Day Songstress
Sarah Bauer, age 25
At World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia, this dynamic 25-year-old singer/songwriter hopes to share the same kind of Christian joy she did at World Youth Day in Cologne, Germany.
She remembers the excitement of seeing young Slovakians come alive to her music, dancing and making hand motions to every song.
“Music is one of those things that can cross... READ MORE
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