Memo From God
by Karen Edmisten in Homemaking on Sunday, October 23, 2011 9:18 PM
“But that’s my birthday!” my daughter protested. “How can you go on my birthday?”
My husband and I teach baptism classes in our parish, and I’d signed us up for June, oblivious to a date that should have been uppermost in my mind: the day my second daughter would turn 13.
“Ummm,” I fumbled, “well, you know we never seem to do parties on the actual day. We already talked about having the slumber party Friday night, didn’t we?”
She murmured assent and slumped away, carrying on her shoulders the weight... READ MORE
Sunday Morning Scramble
by Kate Wicker in Faith on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 3:50 PM
Any parent knows Mass with defiant toddlers, wiggly preschoolers, and teething babies can be anything but peaceful.
Yet, even though celebrating Mass with little ones underfoot may sometimes leave something to be desired, you are being spiritually fed. And so are your children.
“[Baptism] places an indelible mark on the soul and opens the child to receive spiritual graces,” explains Melanie Bettinelli, a mom of two young daughters who’s expecting a baby in July. “Spiritually, children are already... READ MORE
You Gotta Have Friends
by Rachel Balducci in Just me on Sunday, October 16, 2011 3:01 PM
My friend called the other day to invite me to hit the road with her. It wasn’t a play-date invitation so much as a call-to-arms, a survival outing in search of sanity. She was facing a long morning with two active toddlers and the last thing she wanted was to wander around picking up mess after mess for the next four hours.
The timing wasn’t perfect — I had just gotten back from an errand. I had already been on the road and besides, where she wanted to meet was further out than I normally go. But... READ MORE
Grace Does Not Depend on Us
by Kelly Dolin in Faith on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 5:48 PM
Here’s a question recently posed by a visiting priest: Which two sacraments can be received again and again and again? The answer, of course, is the Eucharist and confession. The anointing of the sick and Holy Matrimony can be received more than once, but not over and over and over again.
I just loved Betty Duffy’s piece about confession. I love the sacrament of confession. So many people find it intimidating or see it as a liturgical rap on the knuckles, but, gosh, it’s just pure grace. That being... READ MORE
Changes and Challenges
by Danielle Bean in News on Monday, October 10, 2011 10:27 AM
[This is my editor’s note from the Fall 2011 issue of Faith & Family magazine. If you are a subscriber and haven’t yet received your copy, it will be arriving soon. If you are not a subscriber ... let’s fix that today!]
Early this past summer, we took a family kayaking trip on the Saco River in Maine. Before we hit the water, the company that rented us the kayaks needed to schedule our pick up, by bus, further down the river later in the day.
“We have pick up stations after four, seven, and eleven... READ MORE
Seeking Divine Beauty
by Rachel Balducci in Reviews on Wednesday, October 05, 2011 12:00 PM
In Weightless: Making Peace with Your Body, Kate Wicker shares her life-long struggle with body image, how she learned to overcome the distorted truth and see her beauty and worth from the source that matters most: the eyes of God.
This book is a must-read for all women, not just those who have struggled with an eating disorder or an unrealistic quest for perfection. It’s for the woman who is tempted to compare herself to the airbrushed images in a fashion magazine. It’s for the woman who feels... READ MORE
Where Angels Abound
by Daria Sockey in Reviews on Sunday, October 02, 2011 2:43 PM
The memorial feast of the Guardian Angels is not on the Church calendar this year, since it fells on a Sunday. But that doesn’t mean we can’t take some time to remind out children of our heavenly protectors and perhaps start teaching them the traditional Guardian Angel Prayer if they do not already know it.
The action of angels — both good and evil — is a topic that fascinates all of us. The Bible, the writings of the doctors of the Church, and mystical experiences of some of the saints only give... READ MORE
I Worry So
by Rachel Balducci in Faith on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 6:53 PM
Henry is sitting in my bathroom on the counter. He has filled the sink with water and is using my lotion cap as a small cylindrical sailboat.
I was about to dry my hair when he climbed up next to me. So my immediate reaction is to unplug my hairdryer and moved it out of the way.
I decide to stand in my bedroom to dry my hair. That way Henry can keep playing in his ocean of adventure while I watch from a safe distance. But as I stand at my mirror I can’t shake the feeling that there is danger lurking... READ MORE
Wrongful Birth vs. Right to Life
by Leticia Velasquez in News on Sunday, September 25, 2011 3:03 PM
A Palm Beach jury just awarded a couple $4.5 million in damages in a wrongful birth suit.
Their son Bryan was born in October 2008 without arms and with only one leg.
Their suit was against the mother, Ana Mejia’s obstetrician and sonographer, saying if they had done their jobs detecting the anomaly before birth, that the couple would have had time to abort him.
Mejia and Santana claimed they would have never have brought Bryan into the world had they known about his horrific disabilities. Had Morel... READ MORE
Something Rotten
by Colleen Duggan in Faith on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 7:37 PM
[Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared at CatholicDigest.com.]
I think a mouse died in my wall. I’ll let you use your imaginative olfactory senses to hypothesize about the smell but I will say it amazes me that an animal so small can produce an odor so large.
Also, the new washing machine and dryer we have weren’t properly installed so when I run them, (as I have for almost 16 hours straight in order to catch up on the week’s worth of laundry) , they sound like heavy artillery gunfire. ... READ MORE
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