Papal Wisdom

3rd Week of Advent Scripture Reading: Psalm 72:1-4, 7-8, 17 Many times, when we go to Mass, we tend to focus only on the Readings and the Gospel, paying very ...

This is the tenth article in the series How to Get an Elite Prep School Education on a Homeschool Budget. Unquestionably, children from entitled backgrounds will themselves often enjoy lifetimes of ...

It could be said, without exaggeration, that the family is the engine of the world and of history.

3rd Week of Advent Scripture Reading: Matthew 21:28-32 We’re going to be pretty surprised in eternity when we see who makes it to Heaven and who does not! In today’s ...

by Christine Smitha | It isn’t easy to keep the Christmas spirit alive, especially after Christmas, when everyone else seems to have forgotten that it ever was Christmas.

3rd Week of Advent Scripture Reading: Matthew 21:23-27 The chief priests and the elders of Israel, having had enough of Jesus, decided to confront Him as He entered the Temple ...

by Mary Ellen Barrett | Christmas week can be a very stressful one for us homeschool moms, maybe even more so because...

3rd Sunday of Advent Scripture Reading: Isaiah 61:1-2A, 10-11 All of us who are in Christ have been given the Holy Spirit. It is the Spirit of God within us ...

by Emily Molitor | Growing up in a large family, this time of waiting meant baking cookies, reading books, and creating crafts.

2nd Week of Advent Scripture Reading: Matthew 17:9A, 10-13 In today’s Gospel reading, we see the danger of allowing our pre-conceived ideas and notions about God to blind us to ...

As I finish out my blog posts of 2014, let me just say thanks to all of you who have read and contributed to the success of this blog. I ...

2nd Week of Advent Scripture Reading: Luke 1:26-38 In today’s Gospel reading, we see the archangel Gabriel bringing to Mary’s attention God’s specific will for her life, and we see ...

This famous short story that often appears in Christmas anthologies perfectly captures the Christian ideal of the joy of giving and the virtue of poverty of spirit. A young husband ...

2nd Week of Advent Scripture Reading: Matthew 11:11-15 In today’s Gospel reading Jesus speaks of violence, but what exactly does He mean by His words? The “violence” of which Christ ...

by Mary Kay Clark | Students like this tend to be overlooked in a classroom situation, and often fall seriously behind in the junior high grade levels.

2nd Week of Advent Scripture Reading: Matthew 11:28-30 In today’s Gospel Jesus invites us to enter into His “rest.” The “rest” of which He speaks, however, is a spiritual rest, ...

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 ...