"But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as EAGLES. They shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."
– Isaiah 40:31
Kathy Schiffer is the wife of a deacon and mother of three grown children, and currently works as Communications/ Media Relations Coordinator for Guest House, the treatment center for Catholic clergy and religious.
ShareYesterday I talked about St. Stephen of Hungary—but how did I forget to tell you THIS part of the story?! During his lifetime, good King Stephen, first Christian king of the Hungarians, had offered the Hungarian people to the Blessed Virgin Mary. As he lie on his deathbed—his right hand holding high the Holy Crown—Stephen [...]
ShareToday’s reading from the Gospel of Matthew is a confusing one. I mean, Jesus is usually such a nice guy! Was he just having a bad day? Why is he so crabby with the Canaanite woman?! See what I mean: • First, she cries out to him, and he outright ignores her. • Then, when [...]
ShareMy husband and I went in two different directions today. He, a deacon, has been helping out in the last week before our new pastor arrives, so he preached at two Masses this morning. He helped a kindly but somewhat befuddled visiting priest, hugged a newborn baby, talked to a hundred or so souls and [...]
ShareWhen the time arrived for Elizabeth to have her child she gave birth to a son. Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her. When they came on the eighth day to circumcise the child, they were going to call him Zechariah after [...]
ShareToday we celebrate the Feast of the Visitation, that day when the pregnant Mary travels from Nazareth to Bethany in the hill country to visit her older cousin Elizabeth. Mary seeks support, advice, perhaps a shoulder to cry on—for she must have worried what people would think, seeing her condition. Wouldn’t they be scandalized? And [...]