Bookkeeper Stops School Shooting
“I knew that bullets don’t have a name. “I knew that at that moment, he was ready to take my life along with his. I knew that if I didn’t say the right thing, I would be dead. “I just started praying...
View ArticlePope Francis and Politicians
Every year at the beginning of session, I find a note on my desk on the House floor from someone I don’t know. “I am (name)” it says, “I will pray for you every day.” I keep these notes and treasure...
View ArticleChristian Persecution: What Can We Do?
Elizabeth Scalia has heard the call. Have you? I’m talking about the call to prayer for persecuted Christians around the globe. Pope Francis issued a call to prayerfor the persecuted church earlier...
View ArticlePope Francis: Pray Together as a Family
How many family problems would simply go away if families prayed together?
View ArticleConversations with God
Prayer is a conversation. Prayer is an action. Prayer is friendship, love, companionship and trust. It is not a performance or a recipe you must follow to “get it right.” I’ve read a trove of books and...
View ArticleTime Out
I’ve got a big year ahead. I need to take a few days to pray and seek the Lord before I dive in. I’ll be back Monday. God bless and keep each of you as you start this new year in Christ. Rebecca
View ArticleNick Vujicic: Fully Living for Jesus Christ, Part 3
This is part 3. If you haven’t seen parts 1 and 2, you can watch them here and here.
View ArticleMy First Response: KY Ruling Kills Marriage. Belgium Allows Docs to Kill Kids...
LORD St Thomas said, “my Lord and my God.” My Lord, which means the One who decides. You decide, not me. You judge. I am the judged. You are the Lord of my life, which means I give fealty to you in all...
View ArticlePope Francis: March 29-30 Will Be a Day of Reconciliation
Pope Francis has set aside this coming Friday as “24 hours for the Lord.” He is hoping that local parishes will offer special opportunities for prayer and the sacrament of confession. I’m going to try...
View ArticleI Had 1001 Things I Was Going To Do. I Sorta Did One.
I had 1001 things planned for my first week after session closed down. I was going to storm the gates of heaven and get flaming arrows of direction in reply. I was going to clean my house from top to...
View ArticleHoly Martyrs of ISIS, Pray for Us
As they now stand amid the white-robed multitudes, and behold the Throne of the Almighty One, let us speak their names in prayer. As they shimmer within the great cloud of witnesses, let us — in the...
View ArticleHelp Me to Confront My Own Transgressions
This Lenten Prayer of St Ephrem goes back to the 4th century.
View ArticleIndiana’s Religious Freedom Law and Holy Week
Indiana’s governor is at the center of a firestorm because he signed a religious freedom law. I am aware that any Catholic blogger, especially a Catholic blogger who writes about politics, should be...
View ArticleI’m Triaging My Life for Thriving, Not Just Surviving
I volunteered to host my book club at my house tonight. Then, life piled on and I made a decision to move the book club meeting to a local restaurant. My fellow book-clubbers were not only gracious...
View ArticleDon’t Go to Battle for Christ Before You Go to Spiritual Boot Camp
Make no mistake about it: The culture wars are going to get hot and hotter. The recent revelations about Planned Parenthood dialed up the heat. The president’s response (which I’m going to write about...
View ArticleCome Out of the Cold This Advent
I need Advent this year. I think we all do. I wrote this post, concerning Advent and renewal because I need Jesus. I need His love, forgiveness and strength. I was blessed to have someone I could go to...
View ArticleDo You Forget to Pray Until You’re in Trouble? Pray Anyway.
Do you forget to pray until you’re in trouble? You’re not alone. A lot of people are like that. Pope Francis tells us that God understands and will welcome our tough-times prayers. All we need to do is...
View ArticleWhat is the Most Perfect Prayer?
In keeping with my longstanding tradition of kicking over hornet’s nests, I’m going to ask a question. What is the most perfect prayer? Over on the Facebook page of a friend of mine, a commenter who...
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