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Have you noticed that there appears to be an epidemic of sadness in the world today, most especially among the youth? Even though the world tells us to live for pleasure and the satisfaction that comes from having everything we … Continue reading →

Excerpt from the book “Walking the Way of the Cross for Caregivers,” https://bit.ly/ERC91400.
“Until a person has faced a serious challenge in life, it’s doubtful that he or she has prayed with the fervor one does in a situation that, at least for them, is truly ldesperate. This is where you learn, if you don’t know it already, that God is not some abstract being “out there.” He is here and He is listening — to YOU! He cares about YOU! He is ready to help YOU!”
But here’s the thing: You have to ask.
It begins with a decision The most important thing you can do is to DECIDE that you are going to be there for your beloved no matter what. No matter what!
But , if you’re like me, you then immediately start to worry if you are up to the task. I did. But what I understand more fully now than what I intuitively did then: It’s not a matter of gutting it out. In and of myself, I was afraid I wouldn’t rise to the challenge. It is only by holding on tightly to God’s hand that we are able to stand by a loved one and to do it with love. It’s a grace — and that grace is yours for the asking — and it doesn’t need to be some long involved prayer. As I said, mine was only four words: Divine Physician, help me! Continue reading →

He has counseled a man in a local jail who had been on suicide watch twice because he believed he had no future. Listened to the tears of a grandmother who needed reassurance as she struggled to help her drug-addicted … Continue reading →

You may think you know all there is to know about Our Lady’s famous appearances to a peasant girl named Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes, France in 1858. But unless you’re a scholar who has gone back to the earliest sources … Continue reading →

BOOK PICK: ‘Walking the Way of the Cross for Caregivers: How to Cope Practically, Emotionally and Spiritually When a Loved One Has a Serious Illness’ Walking the Way of the Cross for Caregivers How to Cope Practically, Emotionally and Spiritually … Continue reading →

  You’ve seen the headlines: Girls from teens to a 5-year-old, assaulted in a school bathroom by a boy who identifies as female. Female inmates, who were forced to share a cell with a man identifying as female, now pregnant. … Continue reading →

Much like the Ukrainian people of our own time, where cities and towns are facing a Russian invasion, the people in the little town of Pontmain, France faced an advancing army as the Franco-Prussian war of 1871 raged. They were … Continue reading →