Poet and Guild member, Tom Medlar, shares his Advent poem, “Waiting.” He imagines the blessed Mother waiting for Jesus’ birth, and then focuses on our own waiting for the light of Christ to break into our lives.
Watch!
Author Margaret King Zacharias offers a ‘watchful’ linguistic commentary on the First Saturday Gospel reading.
Mom Hated to Clean!
Mom Hated to Clean! My mom was a typical mom in all but one thing. She hated to clean! Mom was a good Catholic girl who went to work in a restaurant at 16 and didn’t finish high school until she got her GED at the age of 32, followed […]
A Stone’s Epiphany
To whom he said: I say to you that if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out. – Luke 19:40 (DRA) The holiness of Christ is with us, the reverence of petaled flower and green bough and the voice of the stone. Blocks hewn from rock and […]
Getting Ready for the Season!
Angela Lano reflects on the many ways we can count our blessings in preparation for the coming holidays.
Journey to Bethlehem
Scripture and our imaginations give us an image of Joseph and a pregnant Mary setting out on foot from Nazareth to travel to Bethlehem. Perhaps they brought a donkey along for Mary to ride as the road became more treacherous. In fact, that road winds for considerable distance around dusty […]
Cath-Lit Live: 5-Minute Prayers Around the Advent Wreath
Cath-Lit Live host Amy J. Cattapan interviews Catholic Mom founder Lisa M. Hendey about her new book of daily prayers for Advent.
For Me?
God’s birth comes in many forms… An old woman and her sandwich saved my life. Not that I was starving. I wasn’t. In fact, I hadn’t had an appetite in three days. Moreover, I had no wish to live. She didn’t know that. But, still, she wouldn’t let me die. […]