Papal Wisdom

by Abby Sasscer | We here at the little house on the hills are big fans of black beans.

2nd Week of Advent Scripture Reading: Matthew 18:12-14 In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus speaks of the shepherd leaving the 99 sheep on the hills in order to go in search ...

by Dr. Mary Kay Clark | With all the hectic activity of December—preparing for Christmas parties, buying gifts, cleaning the house—it’s easy to forget that we should mainly be preparing our hearts

2nd Week of Advent Scripture Reading: Genesis 3:9-15, 20 In the book of Genesis, we read about a lot of “firsts,” such as the first man, the first woman, the ...

2nd Sunday of Advent Scripture Reading: Mark 1:1-8 In today’s Gospel, we see St. John the Baptist in the wilderness preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. ...

by Lorraine Espenhain | If our motives for working give value to our labors for God, how can we be sure that those labors are done for love of God and not to promote and glorify self?

1st Week of Advent Scripture Reading: Matthew 9:35-10:1, 5A, 6-8 When Jesus looked out on the crowds, He had compassion on them because He saw the condition of their souls. ...

by John Clark | Pope Francis challenged me to see the joy in the virtue of poverty. For whatever reason, I got a glimpse of it, and it looked wondrous.

1st Week of Advent Scripture Reading: Isaiah 29:17-24 What makes living in this world so difficult for those who serve the Lord are those who have chosen not to serve ...

by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | In G.K. Chesterton’s “The Wrong Shape,” Father Brown makes a curious observation that puzzles Flambeau, another master detective like the priest.

1st Week of Advent Scripture Reading: Matthew 7:21, 24-27 Many people profess to be in Christ, but to truly follow Him means to do the will of the Father in ...

by Dr Mary Kay Clark | As we homeschooling families approach Christmas, it is not easy to keep the children attentive to their studies.

by Dave Armstrong | Golgotha. It's the epicenter of Christianity: our “holy of holies”; indeed, the spiritual center of the entire universe...

1st Week of Advent Scripture Reading: Matthew 15:29-37 One of the biggest temptations that Christians can succumb to is the temptation to draw a circle around themselves, cocoon themselves, and ...

By Ginny Seuffert | Why develop a personal code of standards? Shouldn’t our children live according to Catholic standards? Studying Holy Mother Church closely, especially the saints, answers that question.

1st Week of Advent Scripture Reading: Luke 10:21-24 If there was any group of people in Jesus’ day who should have recognized Him as Israel’s Messiah and believed in His ...

Maria Nauman, a Featured Family on SetonMagazine.com, has hand-drawn and inked out a beautiful, full-page activity for you and your children to enjoy! Pin it up on your fridge, and ...

by Bob Wiesner | The Soviet system gave the world more holy martyrdoms in just the 20th century than died in all the previous history of Christianity.

1st Week of Advent Scripture Reading: Isaiah 2:1-5 In the above verses of Scripture, Isaiah speaks of a time when men shall turn their swords into plowshares and their spears ...

by Mary Ellen Barrett | I wanted a beautiful home for Advent, but instead got sheetrock, spackle, large men with tool belts and very little heat.