Patti Maguire Armstrong

The Mouth as a Lethal Weapon

We have all done it–said too much or said the wrong thing and regretted it later. Too often, opening our mouths releases …

Could failure to follow God’s commands be robbing our family of grace? God not only became one of us, but he was …

Are you blessed, beautiful and bodacious? You may or may not feel blessed and beautiful, but bodacious? “Bodacious” is not the sort …

Madonna (Richter) Silvernagel had a reason not to have more children. She had suffered a parent’s worse fear, not once, but twice—the …

I opened my mail and found a review copy of The Broken Path: How Catholic Bishops Got Lost in the Weeds of …

I recently spent the weekend in a women’s prison. It was my first time in prison and I was there to assist …

Years ago, a local newspaper columnist praised the fare of TV prime-time viewing. She supported modern examples of broken families as being …

If you are faithfully Catholic, you are feeling the heat. The spiritual battle is raging. Vices are masquerading as virtues and truth …

Recently, I began corresponding with a young man who once walked down a dark, destructive path. Eric is sentenced to twenty …

How would you like to be splashed with water as you walk down the street? In Poland, that’s how they say, “Happy …