by Claire Dwyer | Apr 16, 2023 | Mercy, pro-life, Saints
St. Gianna Molla is a woman recognized for her great final act of generosity to life. During her fourth pregnancy, when a tumor was found to be pressing on her uterus, she opted for the surgery that put her at greater risk but was the only choice in which her baby...
by Claire Dwyer | Sep 2, 2020 | parenthood, pro-life, Saints
The lines of division in our country and in the world are marked and clear and widening by the hour. “I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse, therefore choose life, that you and your...
by Claire Dwyer | May 29, 2020 | Discernment, Mercy, pro-life, Saints
We were passed small folded cards at the start of a diocesan pro-life meeting a few years ago, and we opened them and began to pray The Litany of Trust for the first time. Immediately I knew this prayer was inspired. Incredibly simple, but powerful. I turned the...
by Claire Dwyer | Feb 17, 2019 | pro-life, Saints
I love the saints. I love that the Church gives them to us, raises them up so that we can see what holiness looks like lived out in this life. I love that they point to something better, brighter. What we see in shadows, little hints in the sacrament of the every day,...
by Claire Dwyer | Nov 23, 2015 | Mercy, pro-life
Last weekend my husband and I sneaked out for a rare evening to ourselves. I had been waiting for “The 33” to come to theaters; it was a familiar storyline to me – and to many – and I was anxious to see it dramatized. My Dad had providentially...
