Have You Paused to Thank God For His Creation?

As we began our 11.7-mile trek at the Saddleback Mountain trailhead in Maine we were immediately surrounded by beauty.  The terrain varied as we hiked... with wooded paths becoming rocky and then ascending through thick forests of green to pristine lakes that seemed to appear from nowhere. I was stunned by the beauty of the creation around me.

Holy Family Hospital of Bethlehem: A Pro-life Message of Hope in The Holy Land

The Holy Family Hospital of Bethlehem, in which over 4,000 babies are delivered each year, is located on the West Bank in Palestine and is known as the "birthplace of hope." To see the tiniest of humans in the Neonatal Intensive Care unit of the hospital, with their little white and red caps,  is to understand why this hospital is such a vital presence in the Holy Land.

A Novena to St. Paul the Apostle for Spiritual Conversion