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Emily Jaminet

Emily Jaminet is a Catholic author, speaker, radio personality, wife, and mother of seven children. She co-authored the award-winning book "Divine Mercy for Moms" and just recently launched her second book, "The Friendship Project." A frequent guest on national Catholic radio programs, she lives in Columbus, Ohio. Visit her website EmilyJaminet.com.

Sacraments

Marriage matters!

Emily Jaminet Feb 12, 2019 0

February is the perfect month to write about the importance of Christian marriage. After 20 years of marriage and seven children, I have learned through the good times and difficult times that my marriage is not only a blessing but a gift…

Parenting

Learn to ponder as parents in the midst of daily life

Emily Jaminet Jan 14, 2019 0

One of the most striking themes present in the Gospels is how our Heavenly Mother would ponder or reflect on “things in her heart,” specifically when related to her son. Mary’s example demonstrates to modern parents how to go about our…

Advent

Give Jesus your heart and home for Christmas this year

Emily Jaminet Dec 10, 2018 0

The Christmas season can be a time of distraction for many of us if we allow ourselves to focus too much on “what it is we want” rather than “what we have to offer." Do not get me wrong, I, too, love Christmas gift giving, but let us recall…

Prayer

Feeling overwhelmed? Try these spiritual practices

Emily Jaminet Nov 12, 2018 0

As parents, there are days when we are burned out, wiped out, overtaxed, and overwhelmed. Each stage and phase of parenthood has its joys and its sorrows. It is a hectic and exhausting task to run a Christian family in a modern world. There…

Spirituality

The feast of St. Margaret Mary: The apostle of the Sacred Heart

Emily Jaminet Oct 15, 2018 0

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (feast day Oct. 16) was born in the Diocese of Autun (France) on July 22, 1647, the fifth of seven children. Even as a child she had a deep love for the Lord and always wanted to please him. She was also deeply…

Spirituality

How to not be overwhelmed by God’s work

Emily Jaminet Oct 9, 2018 0

Our Lord has asked each one of us to participate in the holy mission of bringing the Gospel to others and to live it ourselves. “ said to them, ‘The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out…

Parenting

Five suggestions to strengthen your family in love

Emily Jaminet Sep 7, 2018 0

What is the one virtue that can radically transform your family life? Charity! Charity is the theological virtue by which we love God above all things for his own sake, and our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God. (Catechism of the…

Family

Five tips to a fabulous faith-filled family vacation

Emily Jaminet Aug 9, 2018 0

Recently, I traveled from Ohio to Vermont for a quick Fourth of July getaway and the week after that I headed to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for another 700-plus mile road trip. These two long road trips were not only an opportunity for…

Family

Five ideas to strengthen your relationships during the summer

Emily Jaminet Jul 9, 2018 0

Summer is the season of fun in the sun! The blessing about summer is that the overall pace of life has slowed down, the days are longer, and typically you have more time to squeeze in extra social gatherings, fun with family and friends, or…

Parenting

The whispering mom

Emily Jaminet Jun 12, 2018 0

What did you say? I can’t hear you. Did you lose your voice? I never truly appreciated the Gospel story found in Luke 1 when Zechariah doubted God’s plan for his life to have a son in his old age and the angel said, “But now you will be…

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