SBFFs
I have an interesting relationship with several saints. I talk to them, often out loud, in the same terms and tone I use with my siblings and close friends. (Go read about it on my blog if you don’t believe me.) I see no distinction, in fact, between them. These saints, are, in essence, my SBFFs: Saint Best Friends Forever. And I’m hoping that I pass this odd little quirk of...
read moreSt. Anthony’s Tongue or “Things to Know about Relics”
Recently, my family and I had a unique opportunity: to view and venerate relics of St. Anthony. Yes, THE St. Anthony. The one who helps us all find everything from our lost keys to lost sanity to parking spaces at the mall. You know, Tony. It was thrilling and simultaneously oddly calming to be so close to a part of someone with whom I’ve felt so close for all of my life and yet who...
read moreThe Light of St. Lucy
Advent is full of great feast days, including today’s feast of St. Lucy whose name literally means “light.” St. Lucy’s (283-304 A.D.) life and death were a shining light in the darkness of the secular Sicily where she lived. After her mother was healed through the intercession of St. Agatha, Lucy vowed to remain a virgin and distributed her money, including her dowry, to the poor. When...
read moreFor what do I pray?
The other day, I listened to yet another Lighthouse Catholic Media CDI really should strike a deal with LCM. If I had a nickel every time... titled Trust in the Lord, in which Fr. Thomas J. Richter explained how as a child, prayer almost destroyed his faith. Fr. Richter tells the story of life as a child in a farming community. During dry periods, his family prayed for rain. In his mind,...
read moreCatholic Persecution: Nothing New
Last night, I attended a birthday dinner for a friend. All but one of the guests were Catholic, the one being a Calvinist. At one point in our after-dinner conversation, he asked, “What will the Catholic Church do about the HHS Mandate?” The flurry of replies basically boiled down to the idea that the Catholic Church would not comply and would close their institutions before...
read moreAbout the Author
The youngest of 16, Bridget Green is a Catholic, wife, and mother to five children. After being homeschooled through high school, she attended Seton Hall University where she earned a Bachelors degree in English and Religious Studies (with a concentration in the Christian Tradition) and minors in Latin and Catholic Studies. Currently, she and her family live in her hometown of Newark, NJ. When not busy with homeschooling her own growing brood and otherwise caring for her family, she writes about it all at her blog, Life at Le. Rheims.
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