Benjamin Franklin wrote in his autobiography, In reality, there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases,…
The Challenge of Humility
Small Things; Great Love
Just as each person’s faith is lived out in a way that is uniquely theirs, so to our evangelization efforts. Since I work in a parish as a full-time employee I have many opportunities to spread the Word; indeed, that…
Being a Missionary
In his morning tweet earlier this week, Pope Francis thanked missionaries who “quietly work hard”: I thank all missionaries, men and women who quietly work hard for the Lord and their brothers and sisters. — Pope Francis (@Pontifex) November 4, 2013…
An Interview with Greg Willits on the New Evangelization
This week I would like to share my recent interview with New Evangelizers’ very own Greg Willits. This interview originally appeared on my blog at www.catholicbookblogger.com Enjoy! PETE: In the early part of your book The New Evangelization and You:…
Prayer Meetings: Evangelization in Action
Have you ever been to a prayer meeting? I went to my first prayer meeting in 1973 in a high school gym filled with hundreds of lay men and women and a few nuns and priests. What my husband told…
As for Me and My House
Each family must decide what matters to them most. “As for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.” -Joshua 24:15, NAB Joshua 24:15 looks good in a painting. It inspires others as a plaque on our wall. It’s…
All Saints Day Means Holiness is for All
Readings for November 1, 2013: Solemnity of All Saints At age 16, I thought that aspiring to holiness was out of the question. If you really wanted to be holy, I thought, you had to be a priest, nun, or…
What is it that God wants from me?
There is no shortage of answers laid out in the Catechism or given in Scripture for this most fundamental of questions. And yet, I still find myself asking this question and wondering…with a tendency to want to skip past the…
Evangelization Frustration
I spend many hours thinking about parish programs, how to invite people to them and how to make the programs interesting. I want to give people what they want and need. But more and more, people confuse me and leave…
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 make that one host turn into so many?” I didn’t comprehend that…