Our family is a walking Christmas card. No one ever fights, has gas or morning breath or bad hair days.
However, I worry that if we don’t learn to use things for the good of the Kingdom of God, we might be missing the boat. It’s the same with using your humor to glorify God, or using your body to glorify God, or using your music to glorify God - we can use our phones the same way.
I was looking for myself in the story. Which character am I? What is God trying to teach me? Well...
I think that I am every character in the story of the passion and death of Christ. And I think that’s the whole point.
To be clear, the Church doesn’t “make someone” a saint. The Church recognizes the holiness of certain individuals and honors some with the title of “saint.” If you make it to heaven, you are a saint – whether or not the Church recognizes you as one publicly.
The title of saint is conferred on someone after what is called the canonization process.
Through Mary, I came to know Jesus. I am eternally grateful that She inspired me through the Rosary to come to Her Son.
I want to share some of that wisdom with you. Here are a couple short quotes from his letters that have left a lasting impact on me.
A teen girl led a Life Night on a Sunday night at our parish, and a room full of people learned more about an issue they hadn’t know much about before. Then those people went home, learned more, spread the word, and prayed.
And in the middle of the week that followed, that same teen girl got a message from a missionary named Ebie, working in the Philippines, who said that a local pimp had a change of heart for no apparent reason, and hand delivered three young girls to the doorstep of their mission house.
The following list is for you to use as a starting point in your journey to decide whom your “Confirmation saint-buddy” will be. Pick a saint who speaks to you somehow. Know their story. But, mostly know the power of their prayer. Ask for their intercession like you would ask for the prayers of your friends. Saying “yes” to a Confirmation saint is like saying “yes, you may always pray for my poor and weary soul.”
I, the girl with a reputation for being a model Catholic, had been struggling with masturbation and pornography for years.
