by Genevieve Kineke | Dec 20, 2023 | Motherhood, Prayer, Saints
Most likely we have seen many lovely images of the Madonna and Child in recent weeks, and should have the nativity before our eyes for the weeks to come. Despite her recent hardships and a horizon darkened by impending challenges, the Blessed Mother is always depicted...
by Genevieve Kineke | May 24, 2022 | Prayer, Saints
For some time upon receiving Holy Communion, I have tried to focus on three things for which I am deeply grateful: the Divine Plan, the Blood of Christ, and Our Lady’s fiat. Each requires a moment to unpack and savor, beginning with this entire project we know as...
by Genevieve Kineke | Jul 19, 2021 | Family, Saints
Every year as I grew up in Annapolis, I saw the streets downtown barricaded off in mid-July for the Bastille Day celebrations. Obviously, French support was essential to the success of the American revolution, and within the Maryland State House stands the very room...
by Genevieve Kineke | Jul 6, 2021 | Church crisis, Culture, Saints
To be blunt, very few Catholics consistently observe their obligation to attend Sunday Mass, and although that number has been in steady decline in recent decades, the COVID catastrophe has made matters far worse. Poor catechesis is much at fault, but when combined...
by Genevieve Kineke | May 17, 2019 | Motherhood, Saints
In the Office earlier this week, we had a lovely reading from Saint Ephraem, affectionately known as the “Harp of the Holy Spirit.” Mary was made heaven on our behalf by bearing the divinity which Christ, without leaving the glory of the Father, enclosed...
by Genevieve Kineke | Mar 6, 2019 | Lent, Prayer, Saints
Leila Marie Lawler would make anyone’s short list of wise women alive today, and this piece on how to choose reading material for Lent is a prime example of why. It’s not wrong to take practices upon ourselves (prayers, readings, penitential acts), but we have...
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