Prayer – Sisterhood CWA

What are you doing for Advent?

By Martina Casey Did you know that Advent, like Lent, is a penitential season? Albeit, different in its anticipation, it is nevertheless a season of preparation. As the priest giving confession this morning told me,...

Femininity, Pro Life, October Respect Life Month, Sin, Overcoming Sin, Prayer, Motherhood, Pregnancy October 29, 2019

My friend got an abortion and I said nothing

By Martina Casey In Tractates on the Gospel of John, St. Augustine says that "the confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works," so here it goes: Twelve years ago I was working...

Decision Making, Spirituality, Prayer, God's Will October 8, 2019

How do you know it’s God’s will? by Martina Casey

Have you ever heard the voice of God tell you exactly what to do, how to do it and when to do it? Maybe you have the gift of unequivocally hearing Him. Praise God for...

Prudence, Justice, Temperance, Femininity, Fortitude, Humility, Prayer, Spirituality, Christian Friendship, Sin, Community, Temptation, Competition, Overcoming Sin, Sainthood, Cardinal Virtues October 1, 2019

When you are competing you are not striving for holiness by Martina Casey

Have you ever heard the phrase that competition is envy's ugly sister? As a society we idolize a winner. Our culture doesn't judge people based on their holiness or piety but on the number of degrees,...

Overcoming Sin, Fortitude, Prayer, Humility, Spirituality, Sin, Temptation September 13, 2019

Has your escape become your enslavement? By Martina Casey

One of my favorite Old Testament stories is the story of the exodus, which begins when God frees the Israelites from slavery in Egypt and leads them across the Red Sea, eventually into the Promised...

Femininity, The Virgin Mary, Spirituality, Fortitude, Prayer, Freedom August 22, 2019

Does Your Soul Magnify The Lord? By Nicole Moore

Below is Our Lady’s prayer (the Magnificat), that I refer to throughout this post. May Our Lady’s prayer give you the same clarity it gave to me. Then Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord, and...

Spirituality, Sainthood, Fortitude, Prayer April 11, 2019

A quiet place; the importance of silence by Nicole Moore

As a Christian, silence is crucial. Without it we are unable to hear God’s voice in the noise of this world. What does it mean to hear God’s voice? Very simply, it means taking the...

Humility, Spirituality, Overcoming Sin, Sainthood, Temperance, Prayer, Freedom March 19, 2019

Freedom by Martina Casey

St. John Paul II once said that "freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." We like to believe that we are a nation pursuing...

Humility, Spirituality, Sin, Sainthood, Prayer, Doubt March 13, 2019

3 Ways We Doubt God’s Goodness by Nicole Moore

One of the most common struggles in the Christian life is doubt. Doubt in a nutshell is a lack of trust in God’s love for us. When we doubt, we don’t believe that God truly...

Spirituality, Overcoming Sin, Sainthood, Prayer January 17, 2019

A five minute morning ritual that’ll help you live a more joyous life by Martina Casey

A few years ago I heard Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, talk about prayer. He shared a small prayer discipline that he does every morning, and that I've implemented since I heard that...