When I was around ten years old, my parents decided to pray a family rosary one evening. It was the first time ever. We knelt together in the living room and began. But before finishing the first decade, things began to break down. I don’t recall the specifics but making faces and giggling were involved. My mother declared it a failure, and we never prayed one again during my childhood, although years later my parents became very devoted to it.
Monday, April 28, 2014
My Message from Heaven to Stay Awake and Pray the Rosary
I learned to pray the rosary in 1989 while in my early thirties. I vowed to say it daily. But a few weeks after the birth of a new baby, I decided to skip it in favor of getting to sleep. That’s when a Divine message let me know, it's worth staying awake to pray the rosary.
When I was around ten years old, my parents decided to pray a family rosary one evening. It was the first time ever. We knelt together in the living room and began. But before finishing the first decade, things began to break down. I don’t recall the specifics but making faces and giggling were involved. My mother declared it a failure, and we never prayed one again during my childhood, although years later my parents became very devoted to it.
When I was around ten years old, my parents decided to pray a family rosary one evening. It was the first time ever. We knelt together in the living room and began. But before finishing the first decade, things began to break down. I don’t recall the specifics but making faces and giggling were involved. My mother declared it a failure, and we never prayed one again during my childhood, although years later my parents became very devoted to it.
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Be the CEO of Your Life, Lessons from JPII

Books on leadership in business are not on
my shelves. Yet, I have found meaning in The
Pope & The CEO: John Paul II's Pope John Paul II's Leadership
Lessons to a Young Swiss Guard by
Adreas Widmer. He was a mere guard—although guarding the very
vicar of Christ—at the time he learned these lessons. They have
served him well, not because they were lessons for corporate America,
but because they are lessons for authentic Catholic living.
So
amid laundry piles and washing floors; negotiating with and
leading children, I have learned
that JPII's lessons are less about rising to the top of corporate
America and more about rising all the way to the very top--heaven.
Sunday, April 13, 2014
"Watch What You Pray For," by Liz Gary
Everyone has heard the
saying: “Watch what you pray for; you may get it.” When Liz Gary was was pregnant with her third
child, she prayed that God would take her unborn baby before he was born. Her husband Mike and she had two adorable
children; six-year-old Abby-Lynn and four-year-old Cameron. They had room in their hearts for another child...but just not this one, or so Liz thought. Here is her story.
Amniocentesis revealed
that the little boy I carried had Downs Syndrome with a heart defect and other
possible major anomalies. The news hit me like a sledge hammer. For some
reason, ever since I was a child, I had a deep fear that one day I would have a
Down’s child. I’m ashamed to admit it, but I feared Downs children and turned
away from them.
Thursday, April 10, 2014
"5 Steps to Finding God’s Will for Your Life" by Sarah Christmyer

Somewhere along the line,
things got complicated. We read “Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood” and
learned that a choice can define a life. Wanting to do God’s will, we began to
agonizing over those choices.
What is the will of God
for my life, and how can I find it?
Monday, April 7, 2014
Lessons from Charlotte Catholic School
The story of Dominican Sister Jane Dominic Laurel of
Nashville, TN has gone viral. Secular news organizations that did not see
fit to report on the trial of Dr. Gosnell’s abortion house of horrors are
grabbing this one; thereby proving Lesson #1: News is in the eye of the
beholder—or rather in the politics of the beholder.
To recap, Sr. Laurel had
presented her talk on "Masculinity
and Femininity: Difference and Gift," at Charlotte
Catholic High School. She has a doctorate in sacred theology from the
Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. Her presentation was based
on a series of instructional videos created for Aquinas College in Nashville
where she is an associate professor. Sr. Laurel was previously well
received at the school. This time, however, comments on the causes and dangers
of homosexuality caused a huge uproar.
Your Essential Guide To Rome and The Vatican by Luke Armstrong
Going to Rome and the Vatican for the canonization this month, or wanting to do some armchair traveling? My son, Luke, posts this recommendation for travelers.

History will be made again on April 27 this year with the canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXII. It will be the first time two popes are canonized at the same time. Pilgrims are expected to travel to the Vatican for this in record-breaking numbers. During Pope John Paul II’s funeral in 2005, the crowd had chanted, “Santo Subitio! Saint Now!” Less than a decade later, many who chanted for his canonization will return to see John Paul II declared a saint. Many others will be first time travelers to Rome.
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