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You are the light of the world

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid” (Matthew 5:14, RSV). I often like to use the analogy of a kerosene lamp to…

You are the light of the world

The "Hunger Games" for the Eucharist

If you were born in the early 2000s, or before that, there is a good chance the photo above may look familiar. For those who don’t know the movie The Hunger…

The "Hunger Games" for the Eucharist

Sacrifice

If you had a terminal illness and they told you that in order to not die you had to buy a very expensive medicine, for which you had to tell…

Sacrifice

Love is a radical decision

“Desiring love is not weakness. Weakness consists in conforming with something less than love” (Crystalina Evert). Chastity is a heroic virtue. It’s absolutely necessary when preparing for marriage as well as…

Love is a radical decision

Where I am, my servant also will be

“Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be.” - John 12:26 It is commonly (but mistakenly) thought that Jesus slighted our Blessed Mother when…

Where I am, my servant also will be

"I was getting bored of my lukewarm faith."

My name is Niamh, and I am 25 years old. I met the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother when I was 21. I met them briefly during…

"I was getting bored of my lukewarm faith."

A lesson in Chinese on the Heart of Mary

Recently, I found out that in Chinese, the Sacred Heart (of Jesus) and the Immaculate Heart (of Mary) are written with the same phrase "sheng xin", which literally translates to…

A lesson in Chinese on the Heart of Mary

Childlikeness

Doing my prayer recently I was meditating on the Nativity, in particular the shepherds using the text from Lk 2:8-20 and a meditation that was given at a recent silent…

Childlikeness

12 Promises of the Heart of Jesus

Our spiritual life depends greatly on the idea we have of God. If we think that God is some sort of tyrant that forbids us from doing what we like,…

12 Promises of the Heart of Jesus

Anne de Guigne: "I will console you with my life"

Every time I contemplate the Passion of the Lord, a difficult and impacting image comes to my mind: that of Our Lady at the foot of the Cross; an image…

Anne de Guigne: "I will console you with my life"

The call to holiness

Through Baptism, every Christian is called to holiness and to do apostolate. Holiness is not reserved for a few chosen souls. We are all—without exception—called to holiness, which consists in…

The call to holiness

Chronicles of the Irish Martyrs 4: Trinitarian Martyrs of Adare

“No violence will move us from the principles of Truth.” 1539. Adare, Ireland. The first Trinitarian convent in Ireland (founded in 1230). The Abbot of the convent was Father Robert. The…

Chronicles of the Irish Martyrs 4: Trinitarian Martyrs of Adare

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THE HOME OF THE MOTHER YOUTH | MISSION 3

"May the tender love
that you feel for the Mother of God
urge you to radiate
the Christian virtues
in the world around you."

- St. John Paul II to
the Home of the Mother Youth
August 28, 1985