Feb 13, 2020 | Catholic Spirituality, Lenten Reflections
It’s that time of year again when every store is fully stocked with over-the-top heart-shaped knickknacks, candy, and cards. If you are anything like my younger self, these gaudy reminders that “love is in the air” can bring about a sense of sadness and dread around...
Feb 4, 2020 | Catholic Spirituality
Suffering from Undiagnosable Uncertainty In the Fall of 2015, I sat in a lecture hall wondering if I blended in with everyone around me. Heart racing, palms sweating, and my head burning as the professor spoke on a topic that seemed irrelevant compared to the...
Jun 25, 2019 | Catholic Spirituality
Finding Healing Through Our Blessed Mother Relationship with Mary is the clearest path to Christ. That truth is taught by great saints such as St. Louis de Montfort and Pope St. John Paul II. However, I was doubtful of that teaching for quite some time. That is...
Dec 18, 2017 | Catholic Spirituality
On December 16, members of the CMF CURO team attended and sponsored a healing retreat event at the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, D.C., called “Healing in the Heart of the Father.” This one-day healing retreat featured lectures by Dr. Mary...
Oct 17, 2017 | Catholic Spirituality
To many, “grieving well” can sound like a paradox. Grief is caused by those things that, of course, have made us suffer, the very things that aren’t “well” at all. Some of the deepest griefs are not caused by mere bodily pain, but weights of the mind and spirit –...
