August 31, 2025 “With each opportunity before me, God presented me with a choice. I could accept his offerings, his wisdom, his grace. Or I could choose to hold onto the pain, the anger and the resentment a little longer.” — Sharon E. Rainey Saying “I’m sorry”...
August 30, 2025 “Love God very much, so that you can look after the aged well, for it is Jesus whom you care for in them.”— St. Jeanne Jugan In his homily at the Church of St. Agnes in New York City, a priest told the story of a man in his town who wanted to...
August 29, 2025 Afterglow By Helen Lowrie Marshall I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one.I’d like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done.I’d like to leave an echo, whispering softly down the ways,Of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny...
August 28, 2025 For those who have suffered miscarriages, stillbirth, or the loss of an infant, Catholic Cemeteries of the Diocese of Bridgeport has created Little Angels Shrine at Resurrection Cemetery in Newtown. “Women, couples, and families will now have spiritual...
August 27, 2025 “Put this body anywhere. Do not let care about it disturb you. I ask only this: that you remember me at the altar of the Lord, wherever you may be.”— St. Monica to her son Augustine as she was dying Never underestimate the power of a...
August 26, 2025 “When I was young, my family didn’t go on outings to the circus or trips to Disneyland. We couldn’t afford them. Instead, we stayed in our small rural West Texas town, and my parents took us to cemeteries.” — Jenny Lawson Even as a young...
