Nearly three full weeks into Advent - and Christmas is just around the corner! These weeks in which we JOYfully await the incarnation of Christ; that is, the son of God become man, in order to bring about our salvation. This...
Meditating the Hail Mary "Word by Word" Three years ago, Sarah Reinhard invited me to participate in a little writing project to Look Closer at the Hail Mary prayer. She gave me the word OF. Yes, my assignment was to write a meditation on the word...
Every weekend my three-year old goes to the grocery store with me. An excellent companion, we have a great routine that includes a cookie, food sampling from the H-E-B Cooking Connection, and coffee and/or wine sampling (for mom). Sometimes one of the older sisters...
We have a little birthday SURPRISE for Lisa this morning. She doesn't know it until JUST NOW, but her husband, Brian, planned a secret post for Of Sound Mind and Spirit to share with the world how much he loves her. Dear readers, please welcome back Brian...
"In our continuing catechesis on the family, today we reflect on the importance of devoting time to prayer. We all know how important prayer is, yet it seems so difficult to find time for it. "Perhaps we need to ask if we truly love God, as he asks us to,...
