The period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day is typically one of the more hectic and stressful times of the year, especially for families with children in the house. The irony is that the holidays we celebrate during this time … How to Have Healthy Conflict That Improves Your Relatio...
I come to you today on this Feast Day of Thanksgiving which your earliest ancestors and settlers founded over four-hundred years ago, for it was during those formative years that the Father in Heaven inspired your ancestors to eventually create a Constitution and a Bill of Rights that would b...
I arrive at the family meal late. They have already said the prayer and begun eating. Oh, well—the food is what I came for anyway. I sit down and eat the Thanksgiving meal. Before the meal even ends, I decide to leave. I want to beat the traffic home. The Thanksgiving meal ...
It turned out to be less prayerful in the traditional sense but I really did a good job foregoing the things that I gave up. So much so that I am continuing with giving them up or at least limiting them. We’ll see how it goes. We are already into the third week of Easter so ...
6. Thanksgiving Liberalism ??? A reader of TCW sent a letter to the editor asking: Question:"Should Catholics celebrate this Protestant holiday? The way I see itNobecause this is a day that should be celebrated as everyday is for what God has given to us." ...
incurable prayed to Our Lady for help. Mary appeared to her and promised her healing if she prayed three novenas. The girl did so, and was miraculously healed. In a later apparition, Mary specified that the full prayer should have 3 novenas in petition, and 3 novenas in thanksgiving. ...
I have a friend who’s baby was born about 10 days before my miscarriage.I was due to bring them a meal and meet the baby (and was planning to tell them about our pregnancy).That was the first big hurdle that was in front of me.The thought of seeing that newborn and having to ...
noticeable in the readings at Mass during these days but also in the Church’s Liturgy of the Hours, specifically at evening prayer. Every evening during that week, the Church prays one of what have become known as the great “O Antiphons” before reciting Our Lady’s “Magnificat”canticle...
In asking saints in heaven to pray for us we follow Paul’s instructions: “I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone,” for “this is good and pleasing to God our Savior” (1 Tim. 2:1–4)....
Twenty five plus years ago, as a young man exploring religious vocation I visited the SSPX Seminary in Ridgefield, CT. I arrived on a weekend, after being shown to my room, and having some time before communal prayer, I wandered about finding a bookstore run for families that attended the...