God designed us to have daily physical needs because they point us to a deeper spiritual need that must be nourished. Our body requires food while our soul aches for the Eucharist; our body needs the protection of clothing while our soul desires a veil of virtue; and our body seeks shelter while our soul is restless until it rests in the sanctuary of God's heart.

Much of our content is about love and service because, at its foundation, pro-life work is seeing, loving, and caring for our neighbor. It is a movement of the heart, not a box to check. If we don't see Christ in the homeless man on the park bench and we don't get on our knees to wash the feet of someone who needs it, we don't yet live as we believe.

On this Divine Mercy Sunday, let us pause in prayer and reflect on the sin we'd rather hide from than face.

Who is this Man we read about in the Gospel, the Man we sing out to in Alleluia, the Man who brings us to our knees? We must ask the question because the answer changes everything. Do we believe He is a legend? A story that gives men hope? Do we believe He is a cultural ornament that adorns our year with seasons that allow for parties and presents? Is He simply a good man, a guru of proper living? Is He a lunatic who recruited a cult following? Is He a liar? — A man who claims to be God but is nothing more than a deception?

I understood that those who encountered Jesus during His earthly life would praise Him in this way, but why now? This was a stumbling block for me. I would think if God really is all mighty, what could He possibly gain from my praise? Why does He need something from insignificant me? Or, on the flip side, I would think, God needs my praise because He is looking for a pat on the back. Then I would question all that I knew about humility and the heart of a God who had an ego.

Parents, here is where the rubber meets the road. Here is where your past, or maybe even your present, catches up to your role as a parent and your desire for them to walk a different path than you. When the two catch up, they either collide or fall in step with one another. You decide what happens.

Through Christ, we become a part of the story of Israel; we become adopted sons and daughters of God joining this sacred family; and we hear the words we ache for… you belong. It is through Christ Jesus that we understand who we are, where we have been, and where we are going.

Every day, in every space, we have the opportunity to affirm the dignity and worth of the people we encounter, but so many of us choose silence. If we are honest with ourselves, our silence has allowed the systematic destruction of human life in every community throughout the world.

Both Catholics and non-Catholics alike sometimes misunderstand the role Mary plays in our spiritual lives. She was chosen and set apart for a sacred role. We look to Mary not merely as a vehicle for Jesus's entry into this world but as a woman who, as St. Irenaeus said, with her obedience, untied the knot of Eve's disobedience. She gave herself over entirely to God's will; Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word.

This week, our Pray, Grow, & Serve walks with your children through the first two Stations of the Cross. We pray that you also invite your children into the Garden of Gethsemane and help them understand God’s desire for our reconciliation with His Sacred Heart.

Our goal is that each day will be an exercise in virtue and preparation for the personal and undeserving gift of Christ's Passion and Resurrection.

Stations of the Cross to pray as a family! These meditations are written to invite your child into Christ’s Passion.

Racism is a conversation that has taken center stage in today's culture and has a necessary place in the work of renewing a culture of life. Protecting those who are vulnerable to the hateful and evil actions of others based on the color of their skin is a fundamental and necessary exercise in protecting the dignity of the human person.

As long as the right to simply live is dependent on any subjective want or need, we will never be able to orient ourselves within our community with confidence that our journey toward our heavenly home will find a successful end. We will constantly wander in a gray area, a sort of disturbance in the magnetic field that throws us off course.

The March for Life is over—the joy of being surrounded by individuals who also acknowledge the reality that unborn human beings are, in fact, human beings and should have protection under the law is starting to let down. As everyone heads home to communities nationwide, we encourage you and your kiddos to keep the momentum in reawakening a culture of life!

Knowing that personal experiences help to put "truth" into context, I share again my own story of an unplanned pregnancy and three abortion appointments as a teen below….

I can promise that when you're answering your child's question about who God created them to be…When they are unsure of the body they are in, or why they are worthy of unconditional love. You will want an answer to their inevitable question, "But why?..

Today’s Feast of the Holy Family is a lovely and fitting feast to celebrate after the birth of Jesus. With this week’s Pray, Grow, & Serve we invite you to have a conversation about the great dignity of family life.

In our all-mighty God's humility, He became man so that we may understand that it is precisely in the vulnerability of our smallness that we can grow and flourish as a child of God.

Mary felt humbled to participate in God’s plan to save His people. She wanted only what God wanted. Her heart was full of thanksgiving and praise…