"Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope"- 1 Peter 3:15
I normally read the book before I watch a movie or TV show, but in the case of “Call the Midwife,” I didn’t even know there were books on which the show was based. I was delighted to find these books and have been slowly listening to them. I thought it would make the most …
Did you know that the Catholic Church has assigned a different devotion to each month? In May, the devotion is to Our Lady. I decided to round up different resources about Our Blessed Mother to help you get to know her better and get advice on how to build a devotion to her. In this …
I’ve had A Guide to the Passion: 100 Questions About The Passion of The Christ sitting on my shelf for years, but I finally decided to start reading it on Good Friday. I think this book is a decent primer for Catholic beliefs surrounding the Passion and a great accompaniment to the film The Passion …
Building a Bridge by Father James Martin has received a lot of criticism. I myself have been leery of his writing, and actually criticized other pieces of his in the past, especially his LGBT parable article which is an excerpt from the revised edition of this book. However, I felt it wasn’t fair to criticize …
In the midst of all the busyness of life, simplicity seems incredibly appealing. I was very excited to read this book, The Spirit of Simplicity, to get a perspective on simplicity when it came to our faith. I am happy to report that this book lived up to my expectations. I received a copy of …
As a Catholic and a feminist, I am unapologetically pro-life. I recognize that every single human being is made in the image of God and is therefore deserving of being treated with love and dignity. As someone who has taken basic biology, I know that an individual human’s life begins at conception. Unfortunately, we live …
Several years ago, one of my friends gave me a copy of Chiara Corbella Petrillo: A Witness to Joy. I had been recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and I was struggling with this emotionally and spiritually. Though my challenges are nothing compared to what this holy woman went through, reading about how gracefully she …
The history of the Catholic Church is full of a number of Marian apparitions. Our Lady would appear to a particular group of people to share messages that encouraged people to turn to God and grow closer to him. These messages are still important today, and it is important to find ways to share them. …
I think one of the big questions in our society is whether or not you can be a good person without God (or religion). Though this is often phrased as a yes or no question, the answer is much more complex. Trent Horn touches on this topic in his book God from the 20 Answers …
Millennials get a lot of attention. Often, the attention is negative, framing us as self-involved, entitled, lazy children who are destroying beloved institutions like breastaraunts (shame on us for not wanting a side of objectification with our mediocre wings) and diamonds (how dare we go against materialistic mindsets and seek lower costing and more ethical …