Praying with Trust
I have a great prayer intention. Before I offer it up, I check out every angle as if I’m purchasing a used car. The tires are sound, because…
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Author: Jacqueline Vick
Can We Evangelize in the Midst of Scandal?
Like many Catholics, my heart hurts. It hurt years ago for those who we already knew about, including those hurt in the Philadelphia scandal, and the recent report…
Why Christians Should Evangelize Like Ants
It’s getting muggy here in Southern California, and the hot temperatures and humidity seem to be a call for the ants to rally. I’ve started sprinkling cinnamon along…
Does Your Parish Have a Life?
I grew up in a large parish that had an elementary school. Most of my family’s social life revolved around parish and school events – Spaghetti Dinners, Summer…
Answered Prayers – Our Lady, Undoer of Knots
There are many reasons Catholics don’t pray the Rosary. Some are ignorant of the Rosary because they’ve never been taught. Some have abandoned the practice as “old school”,…
An Epidemic of Loneliness – We are the Cure
“The greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy; it is being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for. We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but…
Don’t Stop Now!
Whew! I made it through Lent. The Fridays without hamburgers and tacos. (In my world, fish tacos don’t count.) The two days of fasting (such a piddly number!)…
The Poor are Waiting to Evangelize Us
There is a man I know. I’ll call him John. He and his wife collect donations for the poorest of the poor. He knows they are the poorest…
How Do We End Abortion? We Get There First.
This past January, men and woman, young and old, Catholic, Protestant and other, marched for the Right to Life for all people, especially the unborn. Their purpose was…
A Dog, A Turkey Wing, and Advent
As a treat this Thanksgiving, I bought my eleven-year-old mutt a freeze-dried turkey wing to gnaw on. He is showing signs of his age, and it takes him…