You did me no wrong. 13As you know, it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you, 14and even though my illness was a trial to you, you did not treat me with contempt or scorn. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were ...
‘You’re very clever, Mr Winslow. There’s one thing you haven’t explained. How did you get your hands on the manuscript?’ ‘That was the easy part. After your father’s death, you and your cousin initiated plan B: to sell the manuscript to a publisher and split the profit. Howe...
I grew up in a Christian home and witnessed many answered prayers and God-orchestrated incidents regularly so perhaps believing was easy for me. I accepted Christ as my own personal Saviour and Lord at the age of six. I’ve been told it would be impossible for me to remember, but I do...
My mother taught me the basic prayers of our faith – the Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be, Guardian Angel prayer, and Apostle’s Creed. In Catechism class I learned others – Hail, Holy Queen, Memorare, Nicene Creed. The Mass, back then, was prayed in Latin with minimal participation ...
With Christmas looming, I’ve been sharing with my now-six-year-old the story of Jesus’s birth, and how Mary bore a son who came from God. While skipping the birds and bees talk, we’ve talked about Mary’s journey, and the fear she had. We talked about how hard the journey to...
There must have been some change in the appearance of Christ after His resurrection, for Mary Magdalene, who was the first one who saw Him did not know Him, neither did the disciples, who walked and talked with Him about Himself, and did not recognize Him until He began to ask a ...
Aunt Mary’s Garden May 13, 2017mahines Tomorrow is Mothers Day. I did not have a good relationship with my mother. I was going to write about that but decided to write about the woman who was my more my real mother. The summer I turned seven, we moved from Hoboken to North Arlingto...
Autumn five years ago, Mary and I sat at the kitchen table and wondered about our next posting. Our number one choice was Canada for family and professional reasons. Canada’s name and iconic flag resonated with promise and adventure too. With the very welcome support of the then Secretary ...
Since when did Jesus need to be paid off to 'marry' a female disciple? Seriously? It's not God who wants to use you; it's the Catholic church and to boot, they want to keep you living like it's still the Dark Ages. They called them “dark” for a reason. It's because social...
Marysays January 27, 2016 at 9:01 pm Hello, My Son and his girlfriend just had a baby and I am suspecting that the child is not my grandson, How can I find out if the baby is my son’s child without his parents to know. I do not want to seem like the crazy mother in law...