Nellie Edward/ PaintedFaith Dear Blessed Mother, I owe you a long overdue apology. Recently, in adoration, while contemplating the suffering and death of Jesus, I glanced upon an image of you. I thought of you watching the torture and death of your Son. I realized that it was thoughtless of me to never have told you…
Twelve years ago, a brief article in the Marian Helper magazine caught my attention. “My mother never gave up on me,” I read. “Even though I dropped out of high school, she never gave up on me, and now I’m becoming a priest.” That simple little story spoke volumes. I was on the lookout for…
I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). “For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus” (1Timothy 2:5). Does the Bible confirm what Protestants have been telling us, that we should only go through…
Mary was assumed into heaven, body and soul. Yeah right, some non-Catholic Christians say. I once even heard a Catholic with Protestant leanings say, “Mary was just a person, no different than the rest of us.” Oh PLEEZE people! Mary’s assumption only makes sense. If God took Elijah up into heaven in a whirlwind, why…
Mother of Life by Nellie “God sure is clever,” my friend, Nellie Edwards and I often say to one another. It is understood between us as an understatement of God’s often subtle and surprising ways. I imagine that Satan has been surprised a few times by God’s cleverness. The devil chose Hell rather than…
I learned to pray the rosary in 1989 while in my early thirties. I vowed to say it daily. But a few weeks after the birth of a new baby, I decided to skip it in favor of getting to sleep. That’s when a Divine message let me know, it’s worth staying…
When Veronica Hargrove’s son was fighting overseas in Kuwait, praying the rosary for him took away her feeling of fear and helplessness. And the Blessed Mother came through. As a little girl, I often noticed my father fingering a string of pretty beads. I would wonder why he played with those beads so…
“Hey Patti, I’m getting serious about praying for my family. I’m going to do a 40-day fast and daily rosary, do you want to join me?” My friend Shellie Rusch asked me this recently. She has six kids and we have a spiritual sisterhood in many ways. As a wife and mother of ten, I…
When we’ve messed up, we should run to our mother. Scripture makes it clear. At the wedding at Cana, either the wine list or the guest list was miscalculated. Someone messed up. Mary told Jesus about it, and he saved the day by turning water into wine. But why would the Savior of the World…
Mary, Untier of Knots In honor of the month of May, here are two beautiful devotions to Mary. I’d love to hear the results if you participate in either of these. Pope Francis’s Devotion The first one, “Mary Undoer of Knots” also known as “Our Lady Untier of Knots,” I came…
150 parents and students consecrated themselves to the Blessed Mother on the feast of the Immaculate Conception. While Fr. Joshua Waltz prepared his homily for the All Saint’s Day Mass at St. Mary’s High School in Bismarck, ND, he recalled a phone call from his brother Fr. Justin. “Don’t forget, if you plan to…
When my twelve-year-old son, Donnie became involved with drugs and alcohol, as far as I could tell, he was still the same obedient and kindhearted son he had always been. We had been close during his childhood but I failed to recognize the changes he was going through.