There is a growing trend of argument that having the absence of an anti-discrimination policy constitutes discrimination in and of itself; and there are groups and advocates (more…)

It takes a lot of courage to enter into Lent, and then to be mindful that one has done so. I suspect it is a reason that many Catholics give up things like Chocolate or Diet Coke (more…)

With my first name being Margaret, I appreciate the genius of Saint Margaret of Scotland’s prayer life that enabled her to glorify God while multi-tasking to manage her many children (6 sons, 2 daughters), and kingdom (more…)

I remember a friend one time saying that giving up chocolate for Lent was pretending to be in the forth grade.  I disagreed; it wasn’t what you gave up that made something a Lenten sacrifice (more…)

A dear friend lost her father Saturday.  There are no words for the hole in her heart, in her life. This is an ache that will linger because when we experience the loss of a person, that thin veil between life and death seems impenetrable. (more…)

Pro abortion advocates are going insane over a 30 second ad by Heisman Trophy Winner, Pat Tebow and his mom. She was counseled to have an abortion of her fifth pregnancy because of serious medical complications. (more…)

When we moved to Maryland back in the Winter of 1995, I wanted to go to the March for Life. It was a frigid January and with our only son not yet two, I let prudence dictate otherwise. (more…)

This week we celebrated  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.  Watching Dr. King’s most iconic “I have a Dream” speech on the mall, framed by the Lincoln Memorial, his words have lost none of their poetry (more…)

All suffering reveals who does even the littlest of things with great love. The Holy Spirit uses those moments when we are most anxious, most fearful, to call us to pray, to call others to pray, to call us to serve and others to act (more…)

Mass two days after Christmas feels like too much church for some of my crew. As usual, my husband and I opted for the divide and conquere approach, with him and one of my older daughters sitting in the back with the youngest two.  (more…)

It had been a long day and I was driving home from a meeting that had been of some value but still made the ride home late.  The gates at the train track came down and I sat in my car and fumbled with the radio (more…)

The laws have gone into effect and tax payers now finance embryonic stem cell research and the promotion of abortion abroad.  (more…)

The County Council where I live is considering a regulation that would require pro-life pregnancy resource centers to tell new clients (more…)

In this time of economic uncertainty, it is hard to feel the lightness of the season.   And yet, God turns all things to His own end.  Without the money to keep up with the mythological Joneses, we should give more from the largess of our hearts.  (more…)

Parents don’t often get to give their children commencement speeches at graduation, but they do have the benefit of having produced a 18 year essay for their children revealing what they hope their children will hold in their hearts when they pack off for college.  (more…)

For the past year, my husband and I have engaged in a variant of the discipline of Saint Bridgette, saying 15 Our Fathers and 15 Hail Mary’s every day.  It is designed to encourage souls to pray for the souls in Purgatory.  (more…)

Imagine a field of 50,000 flowers, all the same kind and all considered rare.  Now imagine people deciding they didn’t like the flowers.  Imagine whole crowds of people uprooting and burning and destroying all but 5000 one at a time. (more…)

The other day a woman meeting my whole family for the first time asked, “So are you done?” (more…)

As a mom of nine, who has had to fight to prevent the demon of post partum depression from entering into the equation, I crafted a formula I had to follow after each child.  (more…)

Over the course of weeks, I’d been praying to be more responsive, more present, more loving to my daughter, to this one daughter with whom I seem to easily slip into having a cooler heart.  (more…)