Did Jesus Have a Puppy?

For an answer to this pressing question, head on over to “Behold Your Mother!” Looking for a good Lenten read? Why not order a copy of this little book of meditations, and experience Holy Week through the eyes of Jesus’ mother?

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Weekend Ponderings: Squall Terrors

On that day, as evening drew on, Jesus said to his disciples: “Let us cross to the other side.” Leaving the crowd, they took Jesus with them in the boat just as he was. And other boats were with him. A violent squall came up and waves were breaking over the boat, so that it [...]

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“Who is my mother?”

One of my children’s favorite books is a Dr. Seuss classic, Are You My Mother?  The little bird pops out of his shell moments after his mother goes off in search of a tasty worm to feed her baby, and sets off on an arduous journey to find his mother: dog, cow, plane, and finally ”SNORT.” Ironically, it the creature [...]

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Wee Cook Wednesday: Homemade Noodle Soup

Last week when my parents were here, I stared at a package of chicken breast and wondered aloud what to do with it. My father, busily replacing the shelf brackets under my cookbooks, piped up … “Chicken pot pie!” “But mom can’t have potatoes… You can’t have pot pie without potatoes!” He stared at me [...]

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Miracle Monday: “In Your Eyes” by Victoria Ashmore

Kristen West McGuire — a friend and true Extraordinary Mom, and editor of the Catholic women’s newsletter “My Secret Is Mine” – recently sent me this poem that I thought I’d share with you as today’s “MM” entry. It’s written by the mother of an autistic boy, Christopher. And yet, it expresses with simple eloquence every mother’s heart [...]

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Weekend Ponderings: A Mother’s Ambition

In the Gospel reading this weekend, the Lord chooses the first four Apostles: two sets of brothers. We don’t hear much about the parents of the first pair — Andrew and Simon (later Peter, the first pope). The second set, James and John, were the “sons of Zebedee.” In the first chapter of Mark’s Gospel, we [...]

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Looking for a good Lenten read?

Today on the Catholic Women’s channel of Catholic Exchange, Cheryl Dickow has posted an excerpt from the Spanish language version of my book, entitled “Contempla a tu Madre.” If you know any Spanish-speaking women who might enjoy this, please pass along the link … Or order the book for them, directly through my website. While [...]

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