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Hope and Healing After A Choice
Happy Friday Everybody! I’ve been meaning to share this podcast that I recently recorded with Christine Mooney of the Catholic Mama Podcast. We turned the tables a bit and I became the interviewer — Christine and I discussed her abortion and how she is finding hope and healing. We also discussed the very real reality of the innocents who have been lost to abortion and that they don’t want their mothers and fathers to fall into despair. If you have had an abortion, I guess we just want you to know that there is hope, there is healing, and God has a plan to bring you out of your suffering…
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Be That Masterpiece God Created You to Be
Did you know that YOU are a unique, unrepeatable miracle of a masterpiece who was lovingly knit in the womb of your mother by the God of the Universe? Yep, it’s true! And I know that so many of us have grown so accustomed to the miracle that is another human being that we forget that truth about WHO WE ARE and WHO THEY ARE, TOO. Perhaps even more amazing is the fact that we were made in the IMAGE AND LIKENESS of God and we are meant to reflect THE GOODNESS, TRUTH AND BEAUTY OF GOD in our own unique way in this world. You are precious. Every…
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The Future Isn’t “Female”. The Future Isn’t “Male”. The Future is Family and It Always Has Been.
There is a dangerous CULT OF SELF that seems to be growing, and it sees the other as the “enemy”. We see it in slogans that try to pin men and women against each other. Slogans like “the future is female” or “toxic masculinity” or movements that want to downgrade the importance of FATHERS in the home or attack women who CHOOSE to stay home — frankly they’re not solving any problems. They are only making THEM WORSE! Because here’s the thing: we can never find fulfillment in the pursuit of SELF and the CANCELING of others . The pursuit of SELF LEADS TO SELFISHNESS, WHICH ULTIMATELY LEADS TO COMPLETE…
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Should a Catholic Take the Covid Vaccine Out of Love for Neighbor?
I see a strange trend going around social media as of late — one in which a relatively young person posts a picture of their covid vaccine completion certificate — with strange virtue-signaling tagline attached — something along the lines of, “I’m doing this for love of my neighbor”. (Author’s note: At time of writing, the vaccine is limited in availability and being offered to medical professionals and the vulnerable.) It is concerning to me when I see posts like these trending on social media because often they seem to be implying some sort of higher moral ground to a decision which basically comes down to a medical choice that…
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Go to St. Joseph
Today is a big day — the Solemnity of St. Joseph — which is basically one of our biggest feast days of the year. It’s such a big day, that all of our Lenten fasts are dispensed of in order to truly celebrate the gift that St. Joseph is to our Church. Did you know that St. Joseph is recognized as the Universal patron of the Catholic Church? After the Triune God and Mary, he is our greatest supporter, our greatest champion and protector against evil. The list of his given titles are quite enlightening, and they give us little glimpses into the type of Saint that Joseph was. When…
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Why You Need to Get to Know Joan of Arc
I have a long history with Joan of Arc — one that goes all the way back to my 8th grade confirmation and choosing her for my patron Saint. Funny story: I almost didn’t choose her, based solely on her name. I had secretly preferred the name “Lauren” to my own for most of my early life, and so I actually contemplated choosing St. Lawrence and requesting to shorten the name to “Lauren” so that my lifelong dream of being named Lauren could finally come true! Seriously, kids are so funny! Turns out, I really do like St. Lawrence and his final words “this side is done, you can turn…
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The Sacred Heart of Jesus and Consoling the Heart of Jesus
“Behold this Heart which has so loved men that It spared nothing, even going so far as to exhaust and consume Itself, to prove to them Its love. And in return I receive from the greater part of men nothing but ingratitude, by the contempt, irreverence, sacrileges and coldness with which they treat Me in this Sacrament of Love. But what is still more painful to Me is that even souls consecrated to Me are acting in this way.” ~Revelations of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque~ The revelations of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque contained beautiful truths about His Sacred Heart and the unfathomable Love contained within it.…
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The Grace of the Sacrament of Marriage, Why It Matters & How it Can Get You Through Anything.
Did you know it is National Marriage Week? Well, neither did I 😂 — until a good friend of mine reminded me — so in honor of that, I thought I’d share two reflections I shared over on Instagram on the Sacrament of Marriage…I hope they bless you and remind you how beautiful this call to marriage truly is! The picture below was taken on our honeymoon, and John and I still love to tell our kids about the fact that we were so broke in those early days that John sold his champagne-colored Cadillac so we could go on a honeymoon. Our budget was so tight that we ate…
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Join Us for the Caritas Conference: Equipping Women in the War on Femininity
Hello Everybody! I hope you are well! I am currently attacking the Christmas decorations that are STILL up! I can no longer arribute my failure to put away the stockings, wreaths and Nativity set as a nod to the fact that the Christmas Season traditionally lasted until February 2nd. It’s time! I wanted to invite you to an amazing conference happening March 19-21st. It is called the Caritas Conference, and you can sign up for free. You can join in for all or whatever portion you choose. Also, might I suggest grabbing some women and gathering for a little watch party and discussions. It’s so important that women understand the…
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The March for Life and a Call To Speak the Truth in Love
I’ve shared before that my mother is one of the founders of the March for Life. She was a “stay-at-home” mom, pregnant with her 4th child (me), when she traveled to DC to meet with 6 people to decide what to do about the one year anniversary of Roe V. Wade. Little did she, or anybody at that meeting, know that they would become the founding members of the largest human rights march in the history of the world. Let it be known, this March was founded on Love — love for all people of every race, creed and ability — and that Love is what makes it different from…
