Sunday Rest
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Thursday, August 30, 2012 1:54 PM
Fr. William Byrne has a wonderful yet simple piece in our local Catholic paper about how to have a Sunday rest.
I especially appreciate the distinction he makes between servile shopping and pleasure shopping.
Sometimes I hear people talk as if commerce were the issue in observing the 3rd commandment.
It isn’t.
It’s the forgetting to take time to partake in activities that aren’t strictly speaking “useful,” but are valuable for their own sake and reconnect our souls to the higher things in life, especially God himself: prayer, fellowship and whatever leisure activities serve to lift us personally out of the everyday.
A Mother's Saint
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Faith on Monday, August 27, 2012 9:00 AM
Many of us claim her as a personal patron. She’s known for being one of the ultimate “Catholic Moms” - the one who prayed a lifetime for a husband who experienced a deathbed conversion…
the one who never gave up hope for the salvation of a son whose life had given way to debauchery…
the one who went to her deathbed with the words, “Son, nothing in this world now affords me delight. I do not know... READ MORE
Blessed Are They That Mourn
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Thursday, August 23, 2012 12:00 PM
It has been an agonizing week in our close-knit community.
On the vigil of the Assumption, the 6-year-old son of a beautiful young couple in our neighborhood suffered a trauma and hovered by a thread in the sacred space between life and death for five days before succumbing this past Sunday.
It has been a long slog of hoping and praying for the best but bracing for the worst and we are all so broken-hearted... READ MORE
Love Your Enemies
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Wednesday, August 22, 2012 1:26 PM
Do you ever think God is trying to show you something but you haven’t quite grasped what it is?
A week ago I was all set to post about the odd coincidence of the passing of Cosmo girl Helen Gurley Brown on the same day as Nellie Gray, founder of the March for Life.
The juxtaposition of those two lives brought to mind the passing of Mother Teresa and Princess Diana within a few days of each other... READ MORE
Lovely, Inside and Out
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Faith on Tuesday, August 21, 2012 1:39 PM
Yesterday, I shared with you that I spent the weekend in Oklahoma City at the wonderful Women of Faith, Women of Action conference. I want to share a bit about the conference itself. I have been so blessed in recent months to be traveling to several fantastic gatherings of women. This one was no exception.
The conference was sponsored by the Oklahoma City Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women. Having... READ MORE
Meeting Our Lady of LaVang
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Faith on Monday, August 20, 2012 1:35 PM
This weekend I had the amazing opportunity to pray, worship and learn among a few hundred new friends in Oklahoma City. Tomorrow, I will share about the amazing Women of Faith, Women of Action conference. For today, I want to share with you a wonderful experience I had at Mass yesterday.
A friend and I determined in advance that we wanted to visit the beautiful Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help.... READ MORE
After the Assumption
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Friday, August 17, 2012 9:56 AM
I know it’s two days past, but I keep stumbling on cool things related to the Assumption, so there.
Here are some of them.
Via Happy Catholic I found the Anchoress blinding us with science.
Specifically she connects the phenomenon of microchimerism—by which each child leaves a microscopic part of himself within his mother—to the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption.
It’s nothing definitive, just... READ MORE
Support a Catholic Speaker
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Faith on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 4:59 PM
If you’re lucky enough to have attended a Catholic conference lately, you’ve likely learned from and been inspired by a phenomenal Catholic speaker. As a matter of fact, our Faith & Family readers were treated recently to an entire day of motivation and spiritual fuel!
Work is underway to support and help publicize the important tasks being done by Catholic speakers. Over at his blog, my good friend Brandon Vogt (a phenomenal speaker, by the way!) has taken the helm on a project... READ MORE
Help a Mom become a Faith Teacher
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Faith on Tuesday, August 07, 2012 11:00 AM
Almost every day, I receive emails from moms around the world who are working diligently to become better at their vocations. Many of their questions take me back to experiences I’ve had in my own life and I can offer the perspective of an older mom who’s “been there, done that”. One of the areas where I fall short consistently is with questions related to homeschooling. My boys attended a wonderful... READ MORE
Seeking Peace after a Tragedy
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Faith on Monday, August 06, 2012 11:53 AM
Yesterday’s senseless act of domestic terrorism at a Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin has the nation reeling. With seven dead, including the gunman, and three still critically wounded, many of us are left trying to fathom the horror of someone entering our place of worship and opening fire. As we pray for the Sikh faithful who grieve their loved ones, we follow the lead of Milwaukee Archbishop... READ MORE
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