Faithful Not Successful
Why Jesus Coming in Weakness Matters to Special Needs Families
What I love about Christmas, as a special needs parent, is the same thing I love about Easter: ...
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My Rosary Story: Muscle Memory
[Ed: CatholicMom.com invited its authors to contribute personal stories of the rosary in our lives to celebrate October, ...
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A New Chapter in Catechesis for Persons with Disabilities
{This post originally appeared at Accepting the Gift and is reprinted here with permission.} In late June 2020, ...
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The Seven Sorrows: A Model of Suffering that 2020 Needs
Uniting our suffering with Christ’s, after Mary’s model, is one of the most powerful prayer tools we have ...
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Just as I am, and as I might be
Parenting—or life, really—requires holding a certain tension in your mind between two truths. Image: Boy standing in a ...
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4 tips for fighting back against acedia
Acedia: It’s one of those obscure theological ideas, plucked from the annals of the Desert Fathers, that seems ...
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Spiritual Communion for Social Distancing
If your family is like ours, you're spending today weighing whether taking your high-risk child to Mass is ...
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What Our Lady of Lourdes taught me about the power of weakness
This article first appeared at Accepting the Gift and is reprinted here with permission. St. Bernadette Soubirous, the ...
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The death of innocence and the death of innocents
Last January, a friend and I chaperoned twelve teenage girls to Washington, DC, to attend the national March ...
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Why EMDR therapy is great for special needs parents
At the beginning of this academic year, I walked in to attend Mass with my children at the ...
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I’m a Catholic wife, mother of six, and writer who wrestles with the problem of pain. What does faith look like in times of adversity and struggle? I’m so glad to have you here, joining the conversation. Learn more about me 🠖
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