Life is a dangerous journey; on it, we are not called to be “safe”; we are called to be faithful. I am heartily sick of being told to “stay safe”. I want to make a vulgar response when I hear it. Safety did not prompt Mary to accept the Motherhood of the Divine; faith did. … Continue reading Of course he isn’t safe – A life of faithfulness
What do you get when you put a fiery redheaded Texan woman, her husband, their unlikely conversion to Catholicism, and their six children together? You get One Beautiful Dream, which tells the shambolic and endearing journey of Jennifer Fulwiler in writing her conversion story Something Other Than God. Yet her latest release is more than … Continue reading Cultivating The Passion In Your Heart is Not An Impossible Dream – Book Review
When Pietro Molla was first approached for his wife’s cause for canonization, he was very surprised. He replied, “Look, I know I married a fantastic woman. But she was so normal!” Their son, Pierluigi, later reflected that his father came from a generation where saints got their status from miracles and supernatural feats. Pietro’s wife, … Continue reading The Saints In Our Lives – St Gianna, the Saint of the “Ordinary Time”
I have always loved the fact that because of the sheer number of saints of the Church (those who are officially recognised and those who we will one day meet in Heaven) there is always a saint who has shared his or her experience of my own particular sufferings and joys. I am encouraged by … Continue reading The Saints In Our Lives – The Measure of Love, St Catherine of Siena
During the season of Lent we are asked to connect with Christ on a deeper level. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is a really wonderful way to do this at this time. It is a form of prayer that we feel is needed more than ever. Below is a beautiful testimony from Bernadette Price about this devotion … Continue reading Meeting Christ – The transformative nature of Eucharistic Adoration
Vice driven decisions begin slowly, like a small snowball, as it begins its descent down the steep slope. Then, as vice feeds upon vice the snowball grows to gigantic proportions and travels at extreme speed before it crashes spectacularly at the base of the mountain, causing untold damage to village below. Our culture, like the … Continue reading Cultivating Virtue Unearths Life’s Purpose
