April 26th, 2020 by Servant Maria

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Lessons From A Crisis Retreat XI April 25, 2020

In today’s ‘Lesson From A Crisis’ we continue to learn the catechism questions that teach us Catholic teaching about relics and holy images.  There is so much to learn about our faith and our practices of faith.  We also hear about the importance of catechisms in learning faith and even hear the story of a […]

April 26th, 2020 by Servant Maria

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Lessons For Little Ones Saint Vincent de Paul

Today we hear another saint story from the book “Twenty One Saints” by Aloysius Croft.  St. Vincent de Paul lived an adventurous life, but he was most known for his love of the poor.  Listen to the many amazing things he did and ask him for his prayers that you, too, may have a heart […]

April 24th, 2020 by Servant Maria

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Feedback on Lessons For Little Ones

Hello Friends, both young and old, I will be putting more Lessons For Little Ones soon, but I would like to ask both parents and children for your thoughts on the different kinds of lessons I have been giving.  There are four kinds of lessons: the first ones were mixed with catechism questions, Bible stories, […]

April 24th, 2020 by Servant Maria

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Lessons From A Crisis Retreat X April 23, 2020

Today we continue our study of the questions of the catechism on the First Commandment.  We learn about the sins against hope and love as well as the reason that love of the saints does not conflict with the First Commandment.  Sometimes other Christians accuse us of disobeying the First Commandment because we love the […]

April 22nd, 2020 by Servant Maria

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Lessons From a Crisis Retreat IX The First Commandment April 21, 2020

Today as we continue our retreat we begin to learn the Catechism questions that teach us about the First Commandment.  It is important for us to know those things God expects of us to grow in our faith and those things that we should avoid that can lead us away from God. Listen to the […]

April 21st, 2020 by Servant Maria

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Easter Story 4 The Walk to Emmaus April 21, 2020

Today I tell you one of my favorite stories of the Resurrection.  I don’t have time to write much now, but listen to the story and learn about the Walk to Emmaus, when Jesus met two of his friends and taught them many things as they walked seven miles together.  I think even grown ups […]

April 20th, 2020 by Servant Maria

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Easter Story 3 The Women at the Tomb (Luke’s Gospel)

Today I am sharing with you just a short story from Luke’s Gospel that happened on Easter morning.  Each Gospel tells the story of the Resurrection with a few different details, teaching us different lessons.  I hope to be putting more of Luke’s Resurrection stories on the website for you soon, but I only had […]

April 18th, 2020 by Servant Maria

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Lessons From A Crisis Retreat VIII April 17, 2020

In today’s lesson from the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius of Loyola we learn about ‘the spirit of the world’, that aspect of ‘the world’ that is under the dominion of the devil and leads us away from God.  There are three attitudes which lead us toward sin and as you hear about them, you’ll […]

April 18th, 2020 by Servant Maria

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Easter Story 2 Jesus and the Apostles

Today’s story continues John’s telling of the Easter Story.  After Jesus saw Mary at the tomb, he went to visit his apostles that evening.  You’ll hear about his visit that night and one week later.  One of the apostles wasn’t there the first time Jesus came, so he didn’t believe that the others had seen […]

April 16th, 2020 by Servant Maria

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Lessons From A Crisis Retreat VI April 16, 2020

Continuing our Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, today we begin to learn about the three graces of conversion:1) the grace to know our sins and detest them, 2) the grace to feel the disorder of our sins so that we turn away from them and 3) the grace to may know ‘the world’, that which […]