by Emily Molitor | Cleaning my house and cleaning my soul can be a useful analogy for me as a housewife.
Read More »Let’s Journal Through Advent! Connecting With Your Soul on Paper
by Lorraine Espenhain | Journaling is for technicians, janitors, gardeners, nurses, moms, dads, students, and starving artists! It’s not just for writers.
Read More »Crisis Management 101 with Padre Pio
by Debbie Gaudino | The answer, I propose, lies in the wisdom of Saint Padre Pio's short maxim: "Pray, Hope and Don't Worry."
Read More »Mary the “Spouse of the Holy Spirit”: Blasphemy or Biblical?
by Dave Armstrong | Having a child conceived by the Holy Spirit has no direct analogy, because it was a one-time extraordinary event, in order to bring about the incarnation.
Read More »Showing Mercy: How to Become More Christ-Like by Simple Acts of Mercy
by Emily Molitor | The Good Samaritan parable gives us an example of how to show pity, or mercy, to our fellow human beings.
Read More »“Hello God, Are You Up There?” When He ‘Doesn’t Answer’ Our Prayers… or Does He?
by Lorraine Espenhain | Our prayers will be answered by God, not because we have succeeded in getting God to see things our way, but because He has succeeded in changing our hearts
Read More »Celebrating Advent in a World that Can’t Wait for Christmas
by Christine Smitha | Around the world, many of the best Advent traditions carry the idea of the hidden seed, a hidden seed of faith and charity we nurture...
Read More »A Wedding Toast: Marriage, the Only Sacramentalized Relationship
This year, Lisa and I attended two weddings. Two of my nieces kicked off the Clark wedding cycle that—considering the gaggle of nieces and nephews—is likely to last for many ...
Read More »The Gift of a Visit: An Easy Way to Imitate Mary’s Generosity in Your Home
In the ancient world, the Greek and Roman deities visited men in disguise, often appearing in the form of beggars or suppliants to see if mortals honored the sacred laws ...
Read More »The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin: Why We Protect Innocence
by Dr. Mary Kay Clark | It was Anne’s and Joachim’s realization that she needed to be protected from the curiosity of others, that made them decide to take Mary to the private, protective...
Read More »How to Involve the Holy Souls in Your Homeschooling
by Mary Ellen Barrett | Devoting November to the Holy Souls will take very little time and reap many rewards...
Read More »Hemmed in by God: How to Tell if Christ is Keeping You for Himself
You have enclosed me behind and before, and laid your hand upon me.” (Psalm 139:5) A little while ago, I found myself tossing and turning in my bed from 10:00 ...
Read More »The 4 Most Highlighted Kindle Passages from ‘Mere Christianity’
by Kevin Clark | In 'Mere Christianity', C. S. Lewis presented a sort of "baseline" Christianity to get across the most important points without broaching the contentious issues.
Read More »Mary the Mother of God: Idolatry or Clear Biblical Teaching?
by Dave Armstrong | "I felt I was saying that a creature had created/given life to God Himself, Who had not previously existed."
Read More »Digest Your Devotion: Why Skimming Your Spiritual Reading Doesn’t Work
If we want to draw fruit from our spiritual reading, we must make sure that we are reading properly; otherwise, our reading is in vain.
Read More »Overcoming Evil With Good: How Catholics Are Responding to Satanism
by John Clark | Many Catholics in America are aware that sacrilegious “black masses” happen across the country. This rise in satanism is prompting a fascinating response...
Read More »Debunking the Myth of the Invisible Church
by Dave Armstrong | Our Protestant friends often tell us that “the Church is the invisible sum total of all true believers.” The Bible teaches us that the Church is a visible, identifiable institution.
Read More »Visions from the Sacred Heart: 3 Saints at the Core of this Devotion
by Mary Kay Clark | Devotion to the Sacred Heart became popular in the Church through the visions given to St. Margaret Mary...
Read More »The 2014 Seton Christmas Essay Contest
Seton Home Study School is sponsoring a high school essay contest! The contest is open to any Seton high school student, Grades 9 through 12.
Read More »‘Saved by the Book’: How Sinners Became Saints through Spiritual Reading
by Lorraine Espenhain | Many saints, because of spiritual reading, were induced to forsake the world and give themselves completely over to God.
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