St. Maximilian Kolbe
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Today is the feast of St. Maximilian Kolbe, the priest who volunteered to die in place of another prisoner at a Nazi concentration camp.
From American Catholic:
A prisoner had escaped. The commandant announced that 10 men would die. He relished walking along the ranks. “This one. That one.” As they were being marched away to the starvation bunkers, Number 16670 dared to step from the line. “I would... READ MORE
Healing for Sexual Wounds
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Reviews on Tuesday, June 19, 2012
In my twenties when I heard the statistic that 1 in 4 women had experienced some form of abuse, I assumed that was feminist propaganda.
Today, after years of retreat work and speaking to women about their spiritual lives, I believe it.
Here’s a new book I’ve not read yet, but which seems to address a sensitive topic in a beautiful way.
Dawn Eden, author of The Thrill of the Chaste, has just released... READ MORE
Dwell
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Saturday, March 31, 2012
Saturday March 31st
My dwelling shall be with them; I will be their God, and they shall be my people. – Ez. 37:27
If you could sit down and have a dinner conversation with any one person in history who would it be? I believe the most common answer is Jesus Christ. Why? Because not only is He the most influential man in history, He is God. God – who dwelt among His people for 33 years. Men witnessed... READ MORE
Jesus and Me: It's Personal
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Thursday, March 22, 2012
Thursday, March 22
We are so quick to forget what God has done in our lives! Just like the Israelites. Moses led them out of Egypt, and yet the second they experience any hardship, they turn back to their idolatrous ways. How often are we blessed in some way, but then as soon as things get a little rocky, we forget the amazing things God has done for us, in us, and through us?
Something to chew on... READ MORE
Be Perfect
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Saturday, March 03, 2012
Saturday March 3
So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect – Mt. 5:43-48
The line above seems easy enough for God, but what about for us? I try to comfort myself by repeating over and over, if Jesus said this, it must be possible. Then I try to remember all the saints who have gone before us. Many of these men and women shared the same struggles as me and were very far off the path of... READ MORE
Hold Fast to God
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Thursday, February 23, 2012
Thursday, February 23
“I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life, then, that you and your descendants may live, by loving the LORD, your God, heeding his voice, and holding fast to him.” Deut 30:19-20
Notice that love is the first response when “choosing life.” The first concrete action. First to love, then to obey. Love must be the impetus, and everything must... READ MORE
On Fire for Jesus
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Wednesday, February 01, 2012
I might not be called to minister to orphans in Uganda, but this video has me motivated to live out my own vocation to the fullest. Who can I be Jesus to today?
"Why I Love Religion, And Love Jesus"
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Did you see this? A Catholic priests raps his response to the viral “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus” video. It’s amusing and very well done - and he covers a lot of points in under three minutes!
For a longer and more complex commentary, this video response from Fr. Robert Barron is also worth watching.
Keeping Christ in Christian
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Thursday, October 06, 2011
A friend of mine recently shared this perfect cartoon and yes it’s obviously hilarious but it also gave me lots to think about.
It’s very easy, when trying to do the right thing, to get caught up in a black/white way of thinking. It’s easy to point out how others are falling short in being a Christian—and then lose sight of our own failings in the midst of that.
When I think about the times I have... READ MORE
Bring to Me Lukewarm Souls
Posted by Danielle Bean in Faith on Saturday, April 30, 2011
Today is the last day of the Divine Mercy novena that will end with Divine Mercy Sunday, this coming Sunday.
You can read more about the background of the Divine Mercy at EWTN.
I will be posting the prayers of the novena each day here, as a reminder for each of us to participate in this powerful novena:
“Today bring to Me the Souls who have become Lukewarm, and immerse them in the abyss of My mercy.... READ MORE
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