"There Is More"
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Thursday, November 04, 2010
Last Saturday the Pope met with 30,000 kids, 30,000 teens & young adults and additional 10,000 teachers for a rally of Italian Catholic Action Youth.
Benedict XVI held a Q & A session during the rally.
Here are some highlights.
First, a child asks him what it means to grow up.
As is his wont, the Pope begins by sharing a memory that shows his understanding of the kid’s desire to be grown:
The best... READ MORE
Can You Miss Someone You Never Knew?
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Marriage on Thursday, June 24, 2010
That’s the feeling Joe Carter has after watching this tribute to legendary basketball coach John Wooden, and I’m with him.
Coach Wooden passed away earlier this month. The poem he cites at the end of the piece was written for him by Swen Nater, a player he coached. Nater explains the poem:
Once, when we were discussing life in the Hereafter, he told me he was once afraid of dying because he feared... READ MORE
Pope In Portugal
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Wednesday, May 12, 2010
The Pope hadn’t even de-planed from his trip to Portugal before delivering on the promised “intense message” at Fatima.
Benedict’s remark that the deepest attacks on the Church today come not from without, but from sins within, made instant headlines.
When a reporter asked about the Third Secret of Fatima, the Pope in essence downplayed the specific meaning and focused on its general prophesy of suffering... READ MORE
Love Among The Ruins
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Wednesday, January 20, 2010
In the midst of all the devastating stories from Haiti, a rescue—and a story of faith, hope and love.
(With a polite nod to Ann Althouse.)
Miracles Still Happen
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Here is an amazing story about a mother and child who died in labor on Christmas Eve—only to come back.
(p.s. as a pregnant lady I shouldn’t really be reading stories like this because I get a little nervous, but it’s amazing nonetheless.)
"We Shall Be Like Him"
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Faith on Wednesday, November 18, 2009
This was the New Testament reading from Evening Prayer last night:
See what love the Father has bestowed on us in letting us be called children of God!
Yet that is what we are.
The reason the world does not recognize us is that it never recognized the Son.
Dearly beloved,
we are God’s children now;
what we shall later be has not yet come to light.
We know that when it comes to light
we shall be like... READ MORE
We are one Family
Posted by Sr. Patricia Proctor, OSC in Family on Monday, June 01, 2009
This beautiful video was shared with me today - and I think its important to share with you.
Advent Reflection
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Wednesday, December 10, 2008
“Advent is concerned with that very connection between memory and hope which is so necessary to man. Advent’s intention is to awaken the most profound and basic emotional memory within us, namely, the memory of the God who became a child. This is a healing memory; it brings hope. The purpose of the Church’s year is continually to rehearse her great history of memories, to awaken the heart’s memory so that it can discern the star of hope.…
It is the beautiful task of Advent to awaken in all of us memories of goodness and thus to open doors of hope.”
—Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Seek That Which Is Above,1986
Real Hope
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Faith on Tuesday, November 04, 2008
I imagine I’m not the only person who’s felt ready for this election to be over.
I’m convinced that exercising our civic responsibility in the political arena is one important part of doing our duty as Christians to love God and those around us. I’ve invested in this election, praying and making my decisions carefully. I care about the outcome of today.
Perhaps, however, I let myself get a little... READ MORE
