Catholic Faith Corner

• Last Words, Sacred and Silly Ones
  The Final Words of Jesus The final words of a person who is dying can have special meaning. Preeminent of these are what are known as the Seven Last Words of Jesus that he uttered from the Cross. To refresh your memory, they are as follows: Some Dying Words of Humans Those holy words are […]
• Angels, Our Powerful Friends
  Feasts for Angels Angels have feasts on September 30 (the Archangels St. Michael, Raphael, and Gabriel) and on October 2 (the Guardian Angels), so I was going to blog about angels this week. However, then I discovered I already have seven blogs about angels! These contain several fascinating stories about how they came to the […]
• Sunflowers: Mysterious, Meaningful, Glorious, and Useful
  Sunflowers mean something special to me. A fourth-grade project was planting a garden at our house that our teacher would judge. I recall that my garden alongside our garage boasted tall sunflowers. That was exciting in itself, but added to that, my teacher came to my home! Now I belong to a religious community for […]
• A Book on Mary, Guided by the Spirit
  Although May is Mary’s month, this month has a few Marian Feasts. For example, there is her birthday on September 8 and the feast of the Sorrowful Mother on September 16. So it’s appropriate that I blog about my Mary books this week. All my books came to be in various ways. My first one […]
• St. Therese’s Little Way, Simple and Speedy
  St. Therese of Lisieux captivated the hearts of many people because of her simple, practical spirituality of the “Little Way.” She accepted the fact that she wouldn’t gain heaven by stupendous feats. Not for her the path of the martyr, missionary, or priest. Instead, she soared to heaven by doing little ordinary acts with great […]