Reimagining Classic Prayers for Modern Parents
“Ever ancient, ever new” is a phrase St. Augustine used to describe God in his spiritual autobiography Confessions, and it’s a description that comes to…
“Ever ancient, ever new” is a phrase St. Augustine used to describe God in his spiritual autobiography Confessions, and it’s a description that comes to…
My 6-year-old daughter and I recently started reading chapter books together. The experience of a narrative slowly unfolding mesmerizes her. The story, “Wildsmith,” by Liz…
Editorial note: The following article contains mentions of pregnancy/infant loss. The desire to become a mother took me by surprise. Beyond early childhood years of…
For over two years, every night it’s the same: At the appointed time, I gather my freshly bathed and pajamaed toddler into my arms, all…
It’s fair to say the saints have taken over our home. I am up to five statues of Mary in my kitchen alone, all cheering…
“Then the [women] went away quickly from the tomb, fearful yet overjoyed.” (Matthew 28:8) “Fearful yet overjoyed”? Aren’t those emotions opposites? Reading this passage from…
Growing up, my mother’s garden was my heaven. There was no other way to describe it. We were blessed to have a decent-sized backyard in…
If you asked me just a few short years ago how I liked to pray, I would name everything from a holy hour in Eucharistic adoration…
We park our truck in our parish’s parking lot. That’s where I ask my son to start his breath-holding techniques. As a team of three,…
While wandering around a bookstore in LaGuardia airport, the cover of TIME magazine caught my eye. “CHILDFREE” stood out in bold, block letters. A couple in…