Your flesh dwells within me
Your breath my life now be
My heart is with one accord
Whence receiveth Thy Holy Word
Overabundant be Thy Grace
In the Holy Eucharist I now face
All contained within suffice
To sustain me for this life
And upon death’s calling
The greatest joy befalling
Bring me to the Holy Land
Forever with Father, Spirit, and Son of Man
“I don’t have the time.”“I’m too tired.”“I’ve tried everything, and nothing works.”“I can’t do it perfectly, so what’s the point of trying?”“I started off motivated, but now I just don’t feel like it.” Sound familiar? These are just the tip of the iceberg when it...
Venerable Fr. Patrick Peyton reached literally millions of souls across the globe. Before he set the world ablaze with the fire of God’s love through the Rosary, he was born the sixth of nine children in County Mayo, Ireland, on January 9, 1909. Nicknamed “the Rosary...
Indulgences have been available in the Catholic Church throughout it’s history. Originally, a person who attained one brought about a partial remission of the temporal or worldly consequences that sin inflicts upon our lives. Receiving absolution and forgiveness...
A Heroic Stories Conversation with Sean Berg, Special Forces Sean Berg, a retired Army Special Forces Colonel with ten combat deployments, doesn’t just talk about battlefield heroics—though he has plenty. He walks us through a firefight where a teammate nearly dies, a...
“It didn’t come with a manual.”I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard a guy say that about marriage and fatherhood.But it is true…and it is a hard truth. The two most difficult “jobs” for a man—being a husband and a father—commence with little to no...
“It didn’t come with a manual.”I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard a guy say that about marriage and fatherhood.But it is true…and it is a hard truth. The two most difficult “jobs” for a man—being a husband and a father—commence with little to no...
My husband, Stephen, and I visited the National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help – now called Our Lady of Champion – in July of 2021. Although we always hoped for the opportunity to visit the Shrines at Fatima and Lourdes, we realized it may never happen. Because of...
3 Things That Make Sports A Means For Acquiring Christian Virtue From this standpoint, let us reflect on three particular things that make sport, nowadays, a precious means for training in human and Christian virtues.First, in a society marked by solitude, where...
Let’s be honest—Latin can make anything sound either incredibly profound or mildly threatening. “Nihil obstat” is one example. Say it slowly in a deep voice, quite dramatic. Really though, it’s quite a simple concept. According to the United States Conference of...
Padre Pio: “You are now to be especially devoted to Our Lady of Knock” In the 1960s, Padre Pio told one of his Irish disciples that the time had come for him to honor Our Lady of Knock in a special way and that he was to lead as many people as possible to her. Pio’s...
Danielle Erwin is a Catholic wife, a homeschooling mother of 5, and she loves writing poetry whenever the Holy Spirit inspires her! She has helped moms through their miscarriages with the poetry she wrote following her own pregnancy losses. Danielle is now working on compiling all of her poetry on the Faith into a book…and a few other author-y projects when she gets the time.
