A COVID-Time First Communion by Martin McDonald
My cup during this time of COVID-19 is half full, not half empty. God has manifested his providence in ways that we may not have...
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Nov
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Nov
A Snapshot of 35 Years by Fr. David May
This is the 5th article in a series of six that recount how God’s words to me have guided and shaped my life. This article...
05
Nov
Our Farm During COVID by Scott Eagan, MH farm manager
MH Farm As with the rest of the world, the big story for us Madonna House farmers and our farm, St. Benedict’s Acres, this past growing...
Love’s Journey by Cheryl Ann Smith
MH England Recently a friend shared the devastation of losing his beloved wife. He spoke movingly of the waves of grief, loneliness, desolation. Initially he couldn’t...
How Can I Get to Heaven? by Pope Francis
We must always remember that we are made for heaven. God is in love with us. We are his children, and for us he has prepared...
Praying With Music by Marg Abbott
During this very strange time of Covid-19 and the many protests going on throughout the world, our feelings tend to run awry. We suffer from...
29
Oct
Combermere Diary by Cathy Mitchell
COMBERMERE DIARY by Cathy Mitchell “From my heart has sprung a beautiful song. It is my whole life I am giving to the King.” These words are...
The Color of a Birch Tree by Catherine Doherty
One day when I was a child in Russia, an old woman, a pilgrim came to our house. While I served her food in the...
When We Weren’t Home by Cheryl Ann Smith
MH England Well, we were put in our place—but nicely, as it was God himself gently reminding us that he is the vinedresser and all fruitfulness...
The World Is Enchanted by Fr. Bob Wild
Nature G.K. Chesterton, in his book, Orthodoxy, has a marvelous chapter called “The Ethics of Elf Land.” In it, he makes the point that the world...