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Join Me For A Free Catholic Mom’s Summit!
Guys, I’m very excited to be able to invite you to a FREE event, happening in November, right from your own homes or together as a small group in your own neck of the woods. That’s right, calling all you moms out there to join me at the Catholic Moms Summit, where some really amazing Catholic authors and speakers are going to be sharing their wisdom about the real issues moms face every day and the practical steps to find the peace and balance we all want. Can I get an “Amen!”? I’m so excited to be part of this amazing weekend put together by Catholic moms for Catholic moms…
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How to Battle Sadness
“Sorrow can be alleviated by a good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.” -Attributed to St. Thomas Aquinas- I thought today was a good day to share a little wisdom from one of my favorite Saints, Thomas Aquinas, especially for those days when you aren’t exactly feeling it. You will find some who will point out that St. Thomas Aquinas didn’t EXACTLY come up with this quote above — the man wasn’t known for his pithy statements — but one could say that his treatment of the remedies for sorrow in the Summa Theologicae definitely support the sentiment. That’s right: one of the world’s greatest philosophical minds (in…
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How a Meal Can Change Everything
Did you know that a single meal has the power to change everything — literally EVERYTHING! How else would you describe that Last Supper in which the priesthood was established, and the Savior of the world gave his last words of encouragement and instruction, before He would be ransomed for our sins? That one meal changed everything — and did you know that, in our participation in the Sacred Meal at every Mass, Jesus is still working to transform us. Which is why I think we greatly underestimate the power of a meal. Beyond that Sacred Meal, though, there is another type of transformation that happens when friends and family…
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Wisdom from Mother Teresa For the Times We Live in
I had plans for a different post, but so much life going on right now that I thought I would move my “the importance of the family meal” to next week and share a few words from one of my favorite modern-day Saints, Mother Teresa. Hard to believe that 4 years ago today, I sat in St. Peters Square — baking in the hot Italian sun — 6 kids in tow and watched one of my real-life heroes get canonized. On that day, we each seemed to receive a special grace, unique to our individual temperaments and personalities. It was such a beautiful day, and one we won’t soon forget.…
