We Are All Called to Lives of Holiness
The Internet and mainstream media have been set ablaze with the latest outrage that seems to be manufactured every five minutes. Each side rushes to judgment and paints the other group as the villain. Meanwhile supporters canonize the person or persons they agree with and the vitriol reaches an intensity that should startle every person …
Continue reading "Catholic Exchange: Turning the Other Cheek in a Digital Age"
I have not been blogging regularly as of late. Any writing that I have been doing has been for my graduate studies. The same goes for reading. The good thing is that I am studying precisely what I enjoy studying: philosophy and theology. I have also been taking a break from reading a lot of …
For some of you who have been reading my blog off and on for months, you may have noticed a shift in focus in my writing. Yes, my writing is sporadic. I am a wife, mother, Lay Dominican, and now, a full-time graduate student in Theology. So my time is limited. The shift you will …
As I was folding laundry this afternoon, I began to pray the intentions for my Rosary. I did not get far because I began to contemplate the horrors Christians and other minority groups in Syria and Iraq are facing today. It's not just a Middle Eastern problem. Islamists like ISIS or ARAQ, are setting up …
Continue reading "Help Our Persecuted Christian Brothers and Sisters"
It's hard. You are inundated with letters and emails asking for money. There are starving children everywhere, unborn babies being murdered, children are sick, diseases are all over, and the list goes on and on. I get it. I receive address labels from various charities every year and I feel a pang of guilt every …
A group of us got together on Facebook to raise awareness and funds for Christians being persecuted in Iraq and Syria. All funds we raise above printing cost will go to Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA). We designed a car magnet and sticker to sell. Please go on Facebook and like our page, http://www.facebook.com/helpnasara …
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I have been watching with horror as Christians are being systematically murdered, exiled, or placed in dhimmi status in Syria and Iraq. Over the past few years, Christians have endured public executions to include crucifixions, the loss of their homes and property, rape, torture, and the total loss of their homeland. Nary a word has …
Continue reading "Wake Up America: A Call to Prayer and Fasting for Our Persecuted Brethren"
The amount of information we ingest each day from the Internet is staggering. In 5 minutes I can see what is happening worldwide. Most of that news is bad news. In fact, a good deal of it is horrifying. From gruesome murders to terrorism to starving children to the erosion of religious liberty in this …
Continue reading "The World Did Not Know Him: Understanding Christian Persecution"
In 2009 I went to internship at The Heritage Foundation. I believed that I wanted a career in politics, I was wrong. There are brilliant minds at Heritage. I was horrified by Congressional staff we met with, though. As a Veteran, I was keenly aware of the support our military needed and I quickly discovered …
One of the hardest things that we are asked to do as Christians, is to love our enemies. For many of us those enemies can be in our family or in our community. For a lot of Americans these days, it is our government. The response that we are called to in this situation is …
Continue reading "Praying for those Who Persecute Us-Government Edition"
Swimming the Depths 