Mary's birthday is the perfect time to think about ways to celebrate the wonderful life of the mother of Jesus! This brief message gives us some ideas such as the First Saturday Devotion.
We can learn much from Saint Benedict and the ways he changed situations in his life and rose above many challenges. As a Saint, we can call on him for some help with our own struggles. Read on for a few details about his interesting life.
Saint Joseph has two feast days. On March 19, we celebrate Saint Joseph as the husband of Mary. Pope Pius XII instituted the feast of Saint Joseph the Worker in 1955. It is celebrated on May 1st. We ask Saint Joseph to help us to honor Jesus through the ways we live out our days....especially through the many forms of work that we do. Let's imitate Saint Joseph's goodness.
It can be said that Saint Faustina had a view of Jesus as a Divine Guest within her soul. That's an awesome way to think about what happens to each of us when we receive the Eucharist! Jesus is the most important guest that can make our souls come alive. When we pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet and Novena, we prepare ourselves for the ocean of Mercy that God wants to give us!
Can you imagine being somewhere, going about your daily business, and out of nowhere, Mary appears? St. Bernadette Soubirous's story began that way. In 1858 in Lourdes, France, 14 year-old St. Bernadette....
Christmas will be here before we know it. We want the time to move quickly so that we can get to the joyful day! This is an interesting tale of what can happen when we rush too quickly instead of patiently waiting for things.
This Advent Calendar is beautiful and includes appropriately seasonal Scripture quotes for every day. The first week or so includes quotes mostly from Old Testament prophecies, and then it moves to quotes from the Gospels. The pictures on each window are nice, although not very detailed, but the center art is beautiful. My family loves it.
