The Secret to Life
Like most families, we have our favorite Christmas movies that our family enjoys watching together every year. There are the traditional...
Kelly Guest
- Nov 9
- 3 min
Praying Divine Office with Your Family
Did you know that there is a prayer for families to pray that is even greater than the Rosary? There is: the Liturgy of the Hours, also...
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Kelly Guest
- Oct 12
- 3 min
The Rosary, Death, and Blessed Marianna
She lay dying in a hospice bed. The cancer had returned, and this time, she was not going to fight it. So, every evening I went to the...
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Kelly Guest
- Sep 19
- 2 min
Let Your Light Shine
I always tell my children what my mother told me: “Don’t do anything you wouldn’t want me to find out about - because I will find out...
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Kelly Guest
- Sep 12
- 3 min
With a Smile - The Beatification of a Pope
“If someone had told me I would be Pope one day, I would have studied harder!” These words of the newly beatified John Paul I illustrate...
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Kelly Guest
- Aug 10
- 3 min
Patron Saint of Comedians
Laughter is a gift from God. None of His other creatures have the wonderful ability to laugh. I am sure that a good sense of humor is one...
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Kelly Guest
- Jul 14
- 3 min
He Gets It! My Newly Wedded Son's View of Marriage
I haven’t written much lately, outside of notes in greeting cards – we have many birthdays and special occasions in May and June. These...
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Kelly Guest
- Jun 28
- 4 min
King David and the Sacred Heart
Surrounded on three sides by hills and waterfalls, stars overhead, and lambs running past me, I felt immersed in God’s presence. No, I...
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Kelly Guest
- May 11
- 4 min
Imagination, Prayer, and Biblical Novels
The older I get, the more I lose – my keys, my cell phone, a credit card, the post-it note with my grocery list…Some days I even feel as...
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Kelly Guest
- Apr 19
- 2 min
The Perseverance of Mary Magdalene
Mary Magdalene was a lover. When the One who truly loved her and whose love she reciprocated, was tragically taken from her, her grief...
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Kelly Guest
- Apr 12
- 4 min
Stations, Mary, Franciscans, and Tradition
Every Friday during Lent, the Church makes it possible for us to make a spiritual pilgrimage, accompanying Our Lord on His way to Mount...
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Kelly Guest
- Mar 28
- 2 min
Praying with the Faith of a Royal
Today (March 28), I had the honor of writing the Gospel reflection for CatholicMom.com. Of all the benefits of belonging to the...
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Kelly Guest
- Mar 22
- 3 min
Halfway There!
So, we are three full weeks into Lent. How are you doing? What if I told you that, as part of my Lenten practices, I wanted to write once...
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Kelly Guest
- Mar 9
- 3 min
The Patroness of Automobile Drivers
“How in the world did a woman become the patron saint of automobile drivers?” my smart aleck husband teasingly asked. “The real...
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Kelly Guest
- Feb 10
- 3 min
Saint Scholastica and Sibling Love
I have twin daughters. What a delight (after the first three blurred years) it has been watching them grow up together, becoming their...
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Kelly Guest
- Jan 31
- 1 min
Reflection on the Parable of the Sower
In the Parable of the Sower, we often see Jesus as the sower of the seed and our souls as the various soils. Indeed, at any given moment,...
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Kelly Guest
- Jan 30
- 4 min
Motherhood through the Fourth Luminous Mystery
This bonus piece can be found at Motherhood through the Mysteries. Check out their website for other reflections on other mysteries of...
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Kelly Guest
- Jan 24
- 3 min
A Shout-out for Whisper
Have you ever had one of those days when you are running around everywhere, trying to get it all done, feeling distracting, and having...
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Kelly Guest
- Jan 10
- 3 min
God's Letter of Recommendation
As a youth minister, I am often asked to write letters of recommendation. I love being able to laud the young people of my parish....
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Kelly Guest
- Dec 15, 2021
- 3 min
The Woman Behind Good King Wenceslaus
I know of no one whose favorite Christmas carol is Good King Wenceslaus, yet it remains a classic. Upon closer examination of the lyrics,...
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