Maureen O’Shea | CatholicMom.com

To Be Sure of Heaven Take My Hand

We live in very dark times, we struggle and labor and every day appears to get darker. There are times perhaps that …

The kids are hanging in the yard, it’s a lovely summer evening and I’m sitting on the deck with my neighbor catching …

Just returned from an incredible weekend in New York City; my girlfriend and I were privileged to attend Immaculée Ilibagiza’s New York …

Once upon a time there was a beautiful thriving garden on a small lot in the middle of a busy metropolitan area; …

A few years ago, my son came home from school and said, “Mom, I heard some kids say that the devil isn’t …

It’s cold this morning in Bethlehem as the innkeeper surveys his household and finds that all is ready. “I will make a …

AND GOD ASKED, “WHO ARE YOU?” Not in relation to your spouse, your parents, friends, family, job, hobbies, interests, responsibilites? And I …

We just turned off the engine in the parking lot at Montauk as another car pulled in next to us. Before I …

A few years ago I attended a reunion of my husband’s family. As sometimes happens, people think I am “religious” they tend …

I attend Sunday Mass in an auditorium. There is a beautiful little country church at my parish, but to accommodate the crowds, …

I’m Irish, so when I was a little kid, I had crazy, curly hair and lots of freckles. I’m also the youngest …