Humor and Humility
Melanie Rigney
July 27, 2023
Reflect John XXIII (1881-1963) brought a loving God everywhere he went, from his childhood on an Italian farm though his days as an army stretcher
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Melanie Rigney
Melanie Rigney is the author of Brotherhood of Saints and Radical Saints (Franciscan Media). Melanie is also a regular contributor to Living Faith, the Catholic devotional, and writes weekly for Your Daily Tripod, a Catholic blog. She is a member of the Catholic Writers' Guild, Capital Christian Writers, and several other writing groups. She lives in Arlington, Virginia, where she is a member of St. Agnes Catholic Church and is active in the Cursillo movement.
Purity & Purpose: The Brief Life of St. Maria Goretti
Melanie Rigney
July 6, 2023
Maria Goretti’s canonization saw the conversion of her murderer and his reconciliation with her family. Today she is known as a model of mercy.
St. Gianna Beretta Molla: Trusting God Alone
Melanie Rigney
April 19, 2023
Turning over control to God can be challenging when our expertise and knowledge make the surrender more complicated, as was the case with Gianna Beretta Molla.
What’s Your Vocation?
Melanie Rigney
January 28, 2023
Reflect He wanted to reunite Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians, and became a Capuchin friar as a step toward that desire. But Leopold Mandić’s
An Unlikely Missionary
Melanie Rigney
January 10, 2023
Reflect She was working as a laundress so that she could become a missionary sister. A fall into a vat of boiling water derailed that
Enlarging the Circle of Love
Melanie Rigney
December 31, 2022
Reflect He came to the United States with little beyond the certainty that he was meant to be a priest–something he couldn’t do in his
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