Judy Landrieu Klein, Author at Catholic Digest

Judy Landrieu Klein

Judy Landrieu Klein, Ph.D, is an author, theologian, and inspirational speaker who holds a license in clinical pastoral counseling and works with her husband, Mark, at My Father’s House Counseling Services. Her books include "Miracle Man" and "Mary’s Way: The Power of Entrusting Your Child to God," a CatholicMom.com imprint book that was published by Ave Maria Press in 2016. Judy blogs about the spiritual life at MemorareMinistries.com.

Readying our hearts for Advent

As the season of Advent ushers in a new liturgical year, and a tumultuous year comes to a close in the Church, it may be a fitting time to revisit three Advent homilies given by Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) in 1964. Ratzinger’s…

St. Martin de Porres: The perfect saint for our troubled times

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free person, there is not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus (Galatians 3:28). With race relations escalating both nationally and internationally, the temptation…

Why I returned to the Catholic Church

Some people call themselves “recovering Catholics.” I, on the other hand, like to think of myself as a “recovered Catholic” because returning to and being embraced by the Catholic Church was hands down one of the most life-giving things…

A former evangelical discovers why we need the sacraments

I’ll never confess my sins to some man!” I spouted off a bit too forcefully to a Catholic friend. We were discussing what we believed was important for salvation. “I have my Bible and Jesus, and I confess my sins directly to him,” I…

Ransoming Advent: Rediscovering the hidden gifts of the season

The real sign that he chose is hiddenness. … This sign of hiddenness points us toward the fact that the reality of truth and love, the actual reality of God, is not to be met within the world of quantities but can only be found if we rise…

Parenting Mary’s Way

What do you do when your kids aren’t doing what you want them to do, or worse, when they’re doing everything you’ve taught them not to do? That was the very conversation I was having with an editor from Ave Maria Press two summers ago when…

REND YOUR HEARTS

Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the Lord, your God (Joel 2:13). Jesus’ call to conversion and penance, like that of the prophets before him, does not aim first at outward works, “sackcloth and ashes,” fasting and…