With a Faithful Heart

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...

This past week has been quite busy in preparing for and celebrating Christmas.  What a blessing to spend so much time with family!   We ...

Seeing as how Christmas Eve is just two days away (!!!), I am not exactly sure when I'm planning to do our family meeting on the mass re...

Oops!  So sorry I forgot to post this past week's Family Meeting slideshow.  You can still talk about the readings with your family, and...

This Sunday is the third Sunday of Advent, also known as Guadete Sunday, meaning rejoice !  Like last week, the gospel reading is another on...

'As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: "Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare  your way.  A voice of o...

"Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of the least brothers of mine, you did for me." Matthew 25:40 This Sunday is ...

Preparing for this week's family meeting was the first time I've heard of The Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rom...