I have been trying to figure out what my first blog post should be. I have prayed for inspiration, written 4 posts that are still sitting in a notebook and felt a sort of pause every time I thought about posting an idea or inspiration. You see, I feel very passionately about what Gina and I are doing with this website / ministry (I think I can call it that...). The story of the Samaritan woman is so powerful and one that I had heard a thousand times but only recently began to

The feeling deep in the pit of your stomach, the ringing in your ears, the numbness in your fingers and toes, the dry tongue that is cleaving to the roof of your mouth, tears that are trying to escape but you are so desperately holding them back. You are trying to make sense of it all, yet nothing makes sense. Inside you are shouting at God while on the outside you are trying to hold it together, maybe for your children or spouse. That constant ringing in your ears is not

November 1st is All Saints Day... Traditionally Catholic schools will have the students dress up as their favorite saint and the day would start with Mass and usually end with a party to celebrate the saints in heaven. If you are homeschooling your children or they go to a school that doesn't celebrate All Saints Day you could create a special day to celebrate! Have your child dress up as his/her favorite saint, read a book or watch a movie about that saint (a couple of our

The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines purgatory as a “purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven,” which is experienced by those “who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified” (CCC 1030). It states that “this final purification of the elect . . . is entirely different from the punishment of the damned” (CCC 1031). This purification is necessary to attain heaven, "nothing unclean will enter the presence of G

St Gerard Majella is one of the many patron saints of expectant mothers, women in childbirth, children, unborn children, mothers, and motherhood. His feast day October 16th and below is a powerful novena for pregnant women to recite, calling on St. Gerard's intercession: In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.Amen. O great Saint Gerard, beloved servant of Jesus Christ, perfect imitator of your meek and humble Savior, and devoted child of the Mother