Encouragement for Mothers

MY CUP OF TEA: MUSINGS OF A CATHOLIC MOM. By Danielle Bean (Daughters of St. Paul, 50 St. Paul's Ave., Boston, Mass. 02130, 2005), 180 pp. $15.95.

A woman can be an outstanding lawyer, doctor, or executive and still be a failure as a person. But a woman cannot be an outstanding mother and a failure as a person. Thus, the vocation of motherhood can fulfill a woman in a way that no … [Read more...]

Genesis 1: A Cosmogenesis?

“Nihil pulchrius Genesi, nihil utilius.” Nothing more beautiful than Genesis, nothing more useful.

Genesis 1 is the most newsworthy chapter in the Bible. There can never be more fundamental news than that all depends on God because he made all, indeed the all, or the universe. This news did not come from any of the sages of ancient … [Read more...]