Pausing to Pray
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Faith on Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Today, I did something very luxurious - I went on a retreat! Yes, the day before my son heads off for his Junior year in high school, with errands on my list, a mound of laundry to be done, and work piling up, I spent seven hours on retreat!
Since I work part time for my parish, the retreat was not my idea but rather part of my work responsibilities and a mandated event. I’ll admit that when I saw... READ MORE
God Is Stronger Than Cancer
Posted by Margaret Berns in Features on Tuesday, August 19, 2008
By Margaret Berns
When Tina Robbins was diagnosed with co lon cancer in the spring of 2006, she didn’t feel afraid or angry. She felt ready to suffer well.
She did not know at that point how very hard it all would be.
The 41-year-old wife and mother of five from Bloomington, Minn., admits, “I thought, ‘Oh, God’s giving me this opportunity to suffer to save souls.’ Well, I was all on board. I’m... READ MORE
Catholic Coffeehouse Dwellers
Posted by Celeste Behe in Everyday Apostles on Tuesday, August 19, 2008
By Celeste Behe
St. Killian’s, Christendom
Kaylie Miller
When she was 15 years old, Kaylie Miller made a promise to herself: She would not attend a Catholic college. But her resolve faded when she visited the campus of Christendom College in Front Royal, Va.
“I fell in love with the place,” recalls Kaylie, now 24. “I had a meeting with Dr. [Timothy] O’Donnell, president of the college, and he half-jokingly... READ MORE
‘LATE HAVE I LOVED YOU’
Posted by Tom and April Hoopes in Features on Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Our Hearts are Restless
Man desires to praise you, for he is a part of your creation; he carries his mortality with him and carries the evidence of his sin and the pr oof that you resist the proud. Still, he desires to praise you, this man who is only a particle of your creation. You have prompted him, that he should delight to praise you, for you have made us for yourself and our
hearts are... READ MORE
Great is Your Faith!
Posted by Danielle Bean in Faith on Sunday, August 17, 2008
But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.” And he answered, “It is not fair to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.” Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed instantly.
Matthew 15:25-28
Lord, help us to remember the great power of faith and to turn to You in all our needs.
Six Questions For The Pope
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Each summer the Holy Father meets with priests wherever he’s vacationing and takes their questions. I love these sessions because the Holy Father gives his answers off-the-cuff and we get a sense of his personality and what’s really on his heart. Here’s this year’s edition, given at Bressanone on the feast of the Transfiguration. (If you want more of the flavor of the event, you can watch a little... READ MORE
Growing in Faith
Posted by Danielle Bean in Faith on Monday, August 11, 2008
I absolutely love the insight that Therese shared about “having faith” versus “living by faith” in the comments of the post about this week’s Gospel. Here it is in part:
Those who have faith trust in God, believing that all eventually will work for the good; those who live by faith, on the other hand, depend upon God for their moment-to-moment existence, knowing that however close to the edge they... READ MORE
The Humble Take Vacations
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Family on Sunday, August 10, 2008
I love Danielle’s post below about letting go of guilt, and thought you might enjoy Cardinal Ratzinger’s take (scroll to post 14560) on the question of doing it all or feeling guilty if you don’t. This is from his essay, Encountering God While On Holiday, in unofficial translation:
When the apostles came back from the first mission to which Jesus had sent them, they were all in the grip of what they... READ MORE
Walking on Water
Posted by Danielle Bean in Faith on Sunday, August 10, 2008
He said, “Come.” So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus; but when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me.“Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, “O man of little faith, why did you doubt?”
Matthew 14: 29-31
Lord, help us to remember that we can do all things through You.
Feast of the Transfiguration
Posted by Danielle Bean in Faith on Wednesday, August 06, 2008
And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his garments became white as light. And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him.
Matthew 17:2-3
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