“All honor to that king of the Scythians, whoever Anacharsis was, who shot with an arrow one of his subjects who imitated among the Scythians the mystery of the mother of the gods . . . condemning him as having become effeminate among the Greeks, and a teacher of the disease of effe...
“Just as, in the age of Mary the mother of God, he who had reigned from Adam to her time found, when he came to her and dashed his forces against the fruit of her virginity as against a rock, that he was shattered to pieces upon her, so in every soul which passes through this...
In this video, notice how the young man makes mention of his mother not being able to breathe when terrible news came to their family.That’s that feeling in our soul when we lose hope. Hope is like oxygen to our souls. I remember, too, in the middle of my time in the coal ...
Jessica and her husband have two adult daughters spreading their wings, a college-aged son, along with a daughter in high school who are fluttering their wings as they edge closer to the nest. She would love to connect with you at www.welcomegrace.com Grace Fox is the award-winning author...
It was Peter’s home in Capernaum that Jesus visited when he cured Peter’s mother-in-law (Matthew 8:14), and it was Peter’s boat that Jesus used when he instructed the crowd (Luke 5:3). Peter was part of Jesus’ inner circle and witnessed both the Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1...
I got news of her death after I left the hospital and arrived at home, where my wife and 2-month-old daughter waited for me. That exact prayer for God’s mercy would be repeated years later for my saintly mother, who died from a lung infection. My prayer was, “Lord, let her ...
My father and mother were greatly moved; and in a very short time thereafter they were both hopefully converted. I do not know but my mother had had a secret hope before; but if so, none of the family, I believe, ever knew it. I remained in that neighborhood, I think, for two or...
“Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword.For I have come to ‘set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’;and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own...
A Summer’s Camera Roll Through a Mother’s Eyes Published on CatholicMom.com I’m wrapping up this summer and labeling it one of the most hectic and unproductive summers I’ve had in years. I can’t even count the number of balls I’ve dropped, and the endless apologies I’ve had ...
12 ¶Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 13 Thou shalt not kill. 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. 15 Thou shalt not steal. 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 17 Thou shalt not cov...