2nd Week of Advent: "Brood of Vipers" in Matthew 3 Dear Beginner, Looking at the readings for the second week of Advent, I must say how I love to see the vehemence of St. John the Baptist's reproach to the pharisees.…
Podcast: Talks from HM Silent Retreat 2019 The Home of the Mother hosted its first Silent Retreat for young women in Ireland the first weekend of Advent. Using the Spiritual Exercises from St. Ignatius of Loyola, we…
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1st Sunday of Advent: Wake up! Dear Beginner, Wake up! That phrase is the name of a program we have on HM Television about the Persecuted Christians, and it is also a theme for this week's Sunday…
Advent : What’s with the candles? Around this time of year we eat turkey, it gets cold, we sing songs (some of them about Baby Jesus and some about snow), Christmas decorations go up, and there…
What are Indulgences and what are they for? When we commit sin, we have guilt and punishment before God. Through the Sacrament of Penance the guilt is forgiven, but the punishment remains on our soul and must be…
Unplanned: What a Great—TRUE—Story! Dear Beginner, What a movie! I had heard about the testimony of Abby Johnson, but as you can imagine, it's a lot different seeing it played out in a film. If…
A Millennial Nun Responds As millennial nun, I would like to respond to the article “Behold, the Millennial Nuns” published on Huffington Post by Eve Fairbanks. The millennial generation is the generation born between…
The Martyrs of La Florida "Florida which has been bedewed in the East and in the West, in the North and in the South with the purest blood of the Martyrs!" -Bishop Augustin Verot, Florida's first…
Saints on Ice My first love was figure skating. By the time I was 2 and a half, I knew the names of all the world-famous figure skaters, even the hard Russian names.…
How can I be holy? Just like a man who walks in the dessert, he needs a continual consumption of water in order to survive. For any person who desires to become holy it is…
Falling Plates Have you seen this video yet? A striking clip about sin and redemption, the need and love of a Savior.
