Handing Down the Faith, One Story at a Time
I clearly recall my mother reading bedtime stories to us. We’d gather on the couch as she handed us our snack of sliced apples. However, these stories were…
Faith Library
Author: Mary Mitchell
Fasting and Prayer: A Pathway to Peace
I’m on the winter blues bandwagon again! Yes, it’s still here in Chicago: heavy snowfalls, bitter cold and wind, and school closings. Last month I wrote how these…
Blown Away! Snowstorm Deepens Our Faith
It’s funny how the simple things can leave you flat on your face. One time it was my boots. Another time it was a job. This last time…
A Face Like Jesus’
In our face we can see the life we or others have lived. We might be able to tell if one has lived a faithful or a faithless…
Thank You, God!
“Now thank we all our God, with hearts, and hands, and voices.” As a child I sang these words with a full heart. But things change. I don’t…
Enemy No More
As a young girl I marveled over the host at Mass. I knew something very special was happening, but I didn’t know what. I wondered, “How does Father…
Got problems? Turn to Saint Padre Pio.
I recently prayed to God for a conversion of a dying soul and that of his family. So deep were the hurts in this family that I began…
Let them go, let them grow!
It happens all too soon. That newborn baby, who needed you for everything from taking care of feeding and clothing to kissing boo-boos, suddenly doesn’t need you 24/7.…
Giving all to receive Jesus
Ever since I was a small child, I knew in my heart that what happened during Consecration was something beyond this earth, something AWEsome, in the true sense of…
Bless Your Children…and the World
If you watched the televised coverage of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina named as our new pope, Pope Francis, you likely were deeply moved by his demeanor…