We all know her as ‘Mother’ and this May, Blog Author Margaret Zacharias introduces us to a few of the less familiar names of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Hope and Resilience
Blog Writer Margaret Zacharias offers a special journey into Holy Week with a story of Eastern Orthodox icons that spans centuries and countries. The treasure-filled history weaves in saintly and angelic visions given to a Swiss housewife, schoolboys’ antics, and brings us to an underground chapel at a monastery in Ireland for a special anniversary on Easter Monday.
Mass on the Rock
Blog Author Margaret Zacharias guides readers on an Irish pilgrimage to the birthplace of Boys Town founder and Servant of God Msgr. Edward J. Flanagan. The blustery winds of the Roscommon wilds bring them to Mass to pray for his advancement to Beatification at a mystical spot called “the Rock.”
Do You Have Three Minutes?
Can you think of anything that actually requires only three minutes for you to accomplish? Have you noticed that whenever someone requests your presence “for just three minutes,” it usually consumes at least fifteen, if you’re lucky? We’re all besieged daily by ten thousand demands for our attention, not only […]
Who Do You Say That I Am?
Margaret Zacharias reflects on the impact of an encounter with Pope Benedict XVI and her later visit to his birthplace.
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 […]
Who Are the “Scribes and Pharisees?”
Who Are the “Scribes and Pharisees?” By the grace of God, I was able to travel to Germany and attend the 2022 Oberammergau Passion Play. I learned why most people blessed with this opportunity can afterwards only murmur, “It was a privilege.” The experience was truly beyond words. Try, for […]
The Passion of Christ
The Passion of Christ These days the media seems to besiege us with headlines about the next terrible plague. Whether it’s the latest Covid variant or a new, horrible pox, it’s challenging not to become anxious. We shudder, and continue to pray that we and our families will be spared. […]
Sacred Energy
“…When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and […]
Happy, Holy, and Hopeful Mother’s Day
The beautiful graphic about praying the rosary, attributed to Christ Our Life Catholic Conference, was reposted on their Facebook page by St. Mary’s Church in Humboldt, Iowa, on April 22, 2020. It appeared there at a time when all of us were still reeling from the shocking onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. […]