Category: Hospitality
How God’s mercy gave me a second chance
Featured on CatholicMom.com A phone call abruptly brought Walter, the Englishman, into our home. He was a contract employee under my husband’s supervision that was injured while off-duty. My husband needed to find a place for Walter to live until the insurance arrangements could be sorted out. It turned out that both Walter and his...
The logic of giving, according to Jesus
Vatican City, 26 July 2015 (VIS) – At midday today Pope Francis appeared at the window of his study in the Vatican Apostolic Palace to pray the Angelus with the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square. He commented on the day's Gospel passage, which narrates “the great sign of the multiplication of the loaves,” when...
CWG Review: Blessed by Less by Susan Vogt
For Susan Vogt, a Lenten challenge became an addiction. Her forty bags for forty days campaign on her blog encouraged others to join her in giving away one bag of unneeded items every day for 40 days. The discipline of giving things away began to lift the burdens of clutter, confusion and indecision about things...
September intentions of Pope Francis
Mentally disabled. That the mentally disabled may receive the love and help they need for a dignified life. "The real trouble is that those most affected by [an excessive love for oneself] – which is actually a kind of mental disorder – are people who have a lot of power. Often bosses are narcissists." (Pope...
The Party of Twins
The first twins in our family turned two this week. These precious little girls, Emma Grace and Allison McKenna are as different as can be. Emma has olive skin and straight dark brown hair and gets excited about everything. She’s a mini version of her mom. Allison has fair skin and strawberry blonde hair like...