Saint for Black History Month, Martin de Porres

St. Martin de Porres, a mulatto and humble Dominican brother, is patron saint of racial harmony. He had the gift of healing and still does.

Godwinks: God’s Courtesies

Every so often something extraordinary occurs for our good—strange coincidences that can’t be explained. These signs from God are called Godwinks. In some Hallmark movies Godwinks bring a couple together. You have probably experienced some yourself. Maybe you were looking for a piece of information, and a book falls open to the exact page it’s […]

Servants at the Wedding Feast: A New Insight

On the Catholic Mom website Maria Riley posted a reflection that I thought was worth sharing. Maria has her own website at mariarileyauthor.com She is writing a series of booklets for children, Adventures with Saints. The first one, which is about St. Joseph, will be published soon. So here is her interesting article: I love […]

Angels at Work for Jesus and Us

Lately we have been of celebrating angels: September 29, Archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael; and October 2, our guardian angels. I was going to write a post about angels and then discovered the one I wrote before at this time. I thought it was worth repeating; I hope you do too! Science cannot prove that […]

Everyday Miracles per St. Augustine

Today I read a news item that said that the core of Earth is a liquid-solid as hot as the sun and affects our magnetic field. And here we are walking around on Earth’s surface without a thought for its monstrous blazing hot center that keeps us in existence. Over the course of time humankind […]

Serendipities: Coincidence or God’s Finger

Last week a strange thing happened. My novel The Book of Ruth: A Tale of Great Loves had just come out. At our provincial center we sign up to do the Mass readings. For the Friday reading someone had erased her name, and no one signed to replace her. Although I had recently read, I […]