Note: On Saturdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Juan Diego recognized the Blessed Virgin almost immediately as he approached Guadalupe’s Tepeyac hill on his way to Mass that day in December 1531. She wanted a chapel built. When Juan… Continue reading Deeds of Hope
Category: Saints
Brotherhood of Saints–It’s Almost Here!
Seven years ago, I wrote a page-a-day devotional, Sisterhood of Saints: Daily Guidance and Inspiration. It was a privilege to get to know 366 women saints and blesseds (and research several hundred more) and relate their stories to our lives today. While I was writing it, I had the opportunity to hold a relic of Elizabeth Ann… Continue reading Brotherhood of Saints–It’s Almost Here!
Conversion Moments, Large and Small
Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. We understand why Christians might have been taken aback initially by Paul’s conversion. After all, he’d been at Stephen’s stoning. He had seemed to enjoy persecuting people like them. Now, there… Continue reading Conversion Moments, Large and Small
Quelling Our Anxieties and Fears
Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. I was in first grade at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and that was old enough to understand something bad, very bad, might happen. I have a vivid memory… Continue reading Quelling Our Anxieties and Fears