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  • My Three Favorite Prayers

    By Mary Breiner

    It is very hard for me to choose my favorite three prayers.  There are so many wonderful ones out there, and prayer is such a big part of my life.  However, in the spirit of the exercise, I will try.   1. The read more | 2 comments

  • Favorite Prayers

    By Rich Vosler

    Ok, I'll play this game! There's only one problem -- I have many more than just three "go to" prayers!  I'll list some of my standard ones and reprint some of my lesser known favorites.   First and foremost is the read more | 2 comments

  • My Favorite Catholic Devotions

    By Colleen Duggan

    In the past few weeks, an internet meme has been making it’s way across Catholic communities encouraging writers to share some of their favorite prayers.  When fellow Catholic Digest blogger, Becky Elderidge, sugge read more | 5 comments

  • Our Favorite Prayers--Yikes!

    By Connie Clark

    It was supposed to be fun. Simple. A game.  All I had to do was come up with my three favorite prayers. I glibly told my editor I’d do it over the weekend. But I forgot that I don’t do well in the decision-ma read more | 19 comments

  • Catholic Digest readers, Tag you’re it!

    By Becky Eldredge

    There is a bit of a “game” in the Catholic blogger world right now, that started July 19th, where one blogger challenges another blogger to share their top three “go-to” prayers. I was tagged by t read more | 1 comment

  • Try a little kindness

    By Mary Breiner

    In my last blog, I wrote about the rudeness I've been experiencing of late.  Due to some of your powerful responses, I feel I must now write about some of the kindness I've experienced.   There really are some ver read more | 3 comments

  • Refined in fire

    By Colleen Duggan

     A few years ago, I arranged for a friend of mine to watch the children so I could go to Confession.  Happy to have a few minutes alone, I relished the silence of the darkened church as I took time to prepare.   read more | 1 comment

  • Rudeness in our lives

    By Mary Breiner

    I have a confession to make:  I have a very difficult time with rude people, even though I find myself being one from time to time.  I try to be courteous, but often fail when I feel the other person was rude to me. read more | 10 comments

  • God's bigger and better plans

    By Rich Vosler

    The last few weeks have been a very sad time for our family. On July 10, my uncle, my mom's youngest brother, died while trying to navigate his 18 foot fishing boat through an inlet in Cape Cod. We're still not sure what happ read more | 9 comments

  • Cleaning and organizing

    By Becky Eldredge

    I have a confession…I LOVE to organize. Apparently, this is not a new trait, but one I have had since childhood. My mom always tells stories of how I used to straighten my shoes in my closet as a preschooler. I have vi read more | 2 comments