For the Conversion of St. Paul, Denise writes on the powerful words spoken to him by Ananias in what is surely one of the more pivotal and glorious moments in Christian history.

In this month in which we meditate on the childhood of Our Lord, is also woven with respect for the unborn. Denise shares three experiences that renewed her gratitude for hers and the powerful testimony to life of each child.

Recently, I've started to notice other people's prayer books. Like mine, rarely are these books just a prayer book, but include Mass cards from the funerals of friends and loved ones and other devotional cards. They are worn, images rubbed off, pages dog eared or tattered. They are no longer objectively beautiful, but they carry a different kind of beauty.

"This beloved disciple, who loved Jesus with a passion powerful enough to follow him all the way to the cross when the other disciples denied and hid - he alone among the apostles was asked to watch his great friend, who understood his fiery nature so well and still loved him, die mocked and bleeding on a cross before his helpless eyes so lacking in thunder now."