With a Faithful Heart

Alright, so you may have noticed I haven't posted a Catholic Family Meeting for a few weeks.  Or you may not have noticed.  Haha.  But ...

This Sunday, with the celebration of Pentecost, completes the season of Easter.  Pentecost  celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit and the...

This Sunday is the Seventh Sunday of Easter, but many parishes (including mine) also celebrate the Ascension, which is 40 days into Easter. ...

This week's readings seem to be about one thing: love . In the gospel reading, we hear Jesus tell His disciples: It sounds ...

This week we celebrate the Fifth Sunday of Easter.  I really love how the Easter season coincides with the renewal of spring.  And what a p...

If you didn't see it last week, I shared about the new and improved Catholic Family Meeting slideshows and how our family meets .   ...

So with an updated, simpler blog format, I was motivated to give an updated and simpler look to the Our Catholic Family Meeting slideshows. ...

Happy Easter!  I love that the Easter season continues for 50 days!  It gives me time to do all the fun Easter stuff that I haven't ...

This Sunday is known as Palm or Passion Sunday, and it marks the beginning of Holy Week.  It is really important to prepare our families for...

I cannot believe it is already the 5th Sunday of Lent!  I'm in a need of a little refocusing on my Lenten goals and putting God first, e...

It's another busy week over here!  So...I'm going to be brief.  This week's gospel is centered on John 3:16.  When I think o...

As you may have noticed in the title, I'm changing up how the family meetings are organized.  Rather than listing the date of the upcomi...

"Then from the cloud came a voice, 'This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.'" Mark 9:7 This week we prepare for th...

Lent has officially begun, and there is no better time than now to put God at the center of our lives.  My goal is to do my best to avoid di...

This week's gospel continues the telling of Jesus' healings, this time of the leper.   Too often, I take for granted that Jesus ...

This week's gospel reading tells the story of Jesus healing Simon's mother-in-law.  He goes on to heal others afflicted with illness...

It's a busy week over here, so not too many thoughts on the readings this week.  I will let the family meeting slideshow speak for itsel...

It's a little late in the week for me to post our Catholic Family Meeting, but better late than never!  This week's gospel is a favo...

"Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening." 1 Samuel 3:9 Ahhh, I aspire to this quote!   I wish I was better at list...

Christmas is almost officially over.  Although I've often heard the Christmas season is finished after the Epiphany, it's still litu...