by Kim | Apr 13, 2020 | Easter, Radiant Faith
Happy Easter! We remembered yesterday, on Easter Sunday, the Risen Lord, and we rejoice that his suffering ended in triumph. Alleluia! While Easter Sunday is over, the Easter season is only beginning for Catholics. Our celebration of the Resurrection lasts from...
by Kim | Feb 9, 2020 | Lent, Radiant Faith
This is an updated version of my 3 pillars article from 2017. It’s hard to believe, but Lent begins in just a few weeks on Wednesday, February 26! Lent is a time to prepare our hearts and minds for Easter, and the Church recommends prayer, fasting, and...
by Kim | Jan 21, 2020 | Kim's Book, Radiant Faith
Secularism is one of the big obstacles Catholics parents will need to scale if they hope to pass on the Catholic Faith to a child in the 21st century. In fact, it’s one of the obstacles any parent will need to scale if they want a child to live in reality. I...
by Kim | Dec 24, 2019 | Advent and Christmas, Radiant Faith
Kim’s note: Here’s an updated version of my Christmastide greeting! Happy Christmastide! You probably know that “Christmas season” for Catholics is not in the weeks prior to Christmas (as advertisements would have us believe) and ending on December 25....
by Kim | Dec 10, 2019 | Advent and Christmas
Before I was married and had children, the “Christmas” season wasn’t really on my radar (and Advent even less so). I saw Christmas as a welcome break between the fall and spring semesters in school, when I would reorganize my books, sleep in, maybe watch a movie or...
by Kim | Oct 10, 2019 | All Saints and All Souls, Radiant Faith
Updated version of this article. Every year on Halloween night, one of my neighbors puts a sign in her window: “NO CANDY. We are Christians. We do not celebrate Halloween.” So far none of my kids has remarked on this sign that I can recall. In particular,...
