It’s Hard to Really Love by Catherine Doherty
Love means an interior and spiritual identification with one’s brother or sister, so that the person is not regarded as an object to which good...
Encounter on the Subway by Catherine Doherty
I recall one time I was in a subway in Montreal. I was reading a book when an elderly lady, who sat across from me,...
30
Sep
The Alms of Words by Catherine Doherty
Millions in our dark and fearsome days do not know God. But the fate of our own world and civilization and of our own eternal...
Loved But Little-Known by Catherine Doherty
St. Joseph is patron of the universal Church and the patron of a happy death. Many people have a simple, direct devotion to him, but...
29
Jul
Why Do they Come? by Catherine Doherty
Since its very beginning, Madonna House has been a place where people could visit and immerse themselves in a Catholic community. Our foundress wrote this...
Mary Must Have Wondered by Catherine Doherty
Suddenly, out of nowhere, while Mary was busy about her chores, an angel spoke to her and gave her a fantastic, incredible message that she...
Meeting Christ by Catherine Doherty
If we really enter into the spirit of the Eastertide liturgy, who can doubt that we will meet Christ—maybe personally, maybe collectively—in some upper room...
The World Belongs to Those Who Give it Hope by Catherine Doherty
Christ is Risen! Alleluia! Once again, these words echo and re-echo across the world for it is Eastertide. What now does Easter mean to the Christian...
Prayer to St. Joseph by Catherine Doherty
St. Joseph, you who know the silence of the night, the thickness of its dark that presses down mind and heart, keep me close. You...
02
Apr
The Man Nobody Knows by Catherine Doherty
For this Year of St. Joseph, we offer you Catherine’s simple, homey way of getting to know him better. *** I have been meditating on the...