Category Archives: Your Daily Faith
The Beginning – Baptism
The Beginning – Baptism In thinking about the journey that we take in life and in the Church, I was thinking about how the Sacraments are indeed a journey. Baptism is the beginning of that journey. Regardless of the age when you are baptized, It is through this sacrament that you are born into…
The Benefits of a Retreat
The Benefits of a Retreat The Church invites each and every Catholic to go on a retreat at least once a year. This year I did my retreat during Lent. I would usually do my retreat during Advent in anticipation for Christmas but this year I decided to change it up a bit. It really…
The Sacraments – The Eucharist
The Sacraments – The Eucharist “The Body of Christ” “Amen” Whenever we receive Holy Communion, these words are spoken to us and we reply with the “Amen”. Sometimes I feel that it is at that moment that the Great Amen is truly pronounced in the Mass. I believe that what…
To Have Love and Lost
To Have Love and Lost Yesterday – April 20th 2015 – was six years since my little niece departed from us. It was also a day when many people will remember the lost of a loved one. A mother who would never see her baby died at Mount Hope Hospital just a mere three days…
The Sacraments – Penance
The Sacraments – Penance I believe the Sacrament of Penance is one of the most difficult and controversial of all the sacraments. Whereas the Eucharist clearly delineates Catholics from Protestant Christians, I believe that many Catholics who are not routed in their faith do not fully understand the importance and absolute greatness…
Plan of Life
Plan of Life Every morning you wake up and run to the bathroom. You probably brush your teeth while you’re there, then you go to put on the coffee or hot water to make your morning coffee or tea. You then return to the quiet of your bedroom when you say to yourself, “Oh yes!…
The Sacraments – Holy Orders
The Sacraments – Holy Orders In the same way only a few are called to receive the sacrament of matrimony, there are also those who are specifically called to receive the sacrament of Holy Orders. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that, “Two other sacraments, Holy Orders and Matrimony, are directed towards the…
May 4th Meditation: Mary’s Family
May 4: Mary’s Family: The Trinity on Earth This is the year of the family. How wonderful that we have the example of Mary and the Holy family to learn that in our ordinary lives we can find Jesus right there with us. “It is only natural that the Church rejoice as it contemplates…
The Sacraments – Holy Matrimony
The Sacraments – Holy Matrimony Although nearly every person wants to get married to their prince or princess and have children, I believe that very few understand the deep significance about what they are entering into. First and foremost, although many in the world today do not prescribe to this belief, Marriage is…
May 10th Meditation: Mary Presenting Jesus in the Temple
May 10th Meditation: Mary Presenting Jesus in the Temple “She teaches us to have charity. Remember the scene of the presentation of Jesus in the temple. An old man, Simeon, said to Mary, ‘Behold: This child is destined to bring about the fall of many and the rise of many in Israel — and to…
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