by Claire Dwyer | Apr 21, 2023 | Creativity, Discernment, Saints, Writing
It’s Mother Angelica’s birthday today, April 20. She was born 100 years ago—grew up in a broken home, struggled with various painful illnesses, and was desperately poor. When I read her biography by Raymond Arroyo years ago, I was struck by the resilience of the...
by Claire Dwyer | Apr 16, 2023 | Mercy, pro-life, Saints
St. Gianna Molla is a woman recognized for her great final act of generosity to life. During her fourth pregnancy, when a tumor was found to be pressing on her uterus, she opted for the surgery that put her at greater risk but was the only choice in which her baby...
by Claire Dwyer | Jul 12, 2021 | Catholic Church, Mercy, Saints
You couldn’t say it was an ordinary Sunday that day—after all, the Nazi occupation had ravaged a shell-shocked Holland and nothing was the same. Nothing would ever be the same. But the Mass would have been the anchor for Dutch Catholics, an eternal constant in a...
by Claire Dwyer | Sep 29, 2020 | Mary, Saints
On this feast of the Archangels, I wanted to share a short but incredibly moving and powerful poem from a Carmelite nun, St. Miriam of the Holy Spirit, also known by her baptismal name, Jessica Powers. May St. Michael defend and protect innocent and defenseless life...
by Claire Dwyer | Sep 2, 2020 | parenthood, pro-life, Saints
The lines of division in our country and in the world are marked and clear and widening by the hour. “I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse, therefore choose life, that you and your...
by Claire Dwyer | May 29, 2020 | Discernment, Mercy, pro-life, Saints
We were passed small folded cards at the start of a diocesan pro-life meeting a few years ago, and we opened them and began to pray The Litany of Trust for the first time. Immediately I knew this prayer was inspired. Incredibly simple, but powerful. I turned the...
