Category: Mary
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Mary Has the Faith We Need
“Mary, teacher of prayer. See how she asks her son, at Cana. And how she insists, confidently, with perseverance. And how she succeeds. Learn from her.” – St. Josemaria Escriva I spend a lot of time thinking about how to explain Mary to a Christian who is not Catholic. I do this in part because…
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The Rosary: Our Own Experience of the Visitation with Mary
The Visitation between Mary and Elizabeth is one of my favorite stories of the Bible. I’m not sure why I am drawn to it…if it’s the idea that Mary, after finding out she will be the Mother of God, forgets herself to go care for her cousin, or if it’s this idea of Mary bringing…
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Because She Said So
If you are a mom, chances are that you have uttered the phrase, “Because I said so” in response to your children asking why they have to do something you’ve told them to do. Turn off the TV. Why? Because I said so. Get off your screens. Why? Because I said so. Clean your room.…
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Mom Will Take Care Of It
We have a dog, Ryman. And much to the dismay of all my dog-loving friends, this dog has not grown on me in the way that “I could not imagine life without him” (many swore I would feel this way). I never wanted him, my kids did, but as I predicted, I’ve become his primary…
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Marriage Is Not Black and White; It’s Blue and Brown
When I was driving home from Mass the other day, I was thinking about marriage, about how we sometimes want a solution to be THE solution to our problems. Like there is one recipe…follow these directions and you will end up with the perfect marriage. But alas, that is not the case, every marriage is…
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This Life is Like a Road Trip
As we pulled up to the traffic light of the main road in our hometown after a 16-day whirlwind road trip of visits TN-PA-NY-NJ-PA-TN, I hadn’t been paying close attention to how close we were to home. Nothing compares to knowing you are close to home, that familiar bed, not having to live out of…
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Cooking Up Faith: The Model from the Mold
When Joe and I were engaged, we were gifted a cooking class at a pretty fancy cooking school. We attended the class with about six other couples. Upon arrival we were shown a finished product of what we would be preparing that evening. The one thing that stood out the most was a potato with…
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Cooking Up Faith Series: Food from the Source
One of the best things about living in Tennessee is access to farm fresh food, but we really hit the jackpot in our new house which is just a mile and a half from a farm which sells its beef and pork right there on property every Wednesday afternoon. Yesterday I went there and they…
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Where Was Mother Mary?
Last year during Lent I prayed the Magnificat from the Bible daily. Originally, I had started at the place of Mary’s words, but one morning, I noticed that the verse actually starts with, “And Mary said.” It caused me to ponder what drew me to that line: “And Mary said.” I thought about how it…