A Reflection for Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter, by Simcha Fisher
Simcha Fisher
Simcha Fisher is a speaker, freelance writer, regular contributor to The Catholic Weekly and author of The Sinner’s Guide to Natural Family Planning. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and 10 children.
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My best advice for anyone struggling with prayer: Make a morning offering.
If anyone asked me what was the one thing they could do to start off on a better path spiritually, I would recommend resolving to make a morning offering.
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The dangers of cherrypicking Gospel verses
A Reflection for Monday of the Third Week of Easter, by Simcha Fisher
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What is it like to be a non-Catholic married to a Catholic?
Marriages between a Catholic and a non-Catholic may be becoming more common, but they are by no means easy, especially with regard to how to raise children.
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The snake as a biblical symbol—and the surprising places where it shows up
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent, by Simcha Fisher
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Finding God in the belly of a whale
In the whale, in whatever trials we might face, God is still there. We can’t learn the lesson later; we must learn to know God in the dark when our other helps are removed.
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Pope Francis has done many great things. But on sex abuse, he hasn’t done enough.
With Pope Francis’ papacy reaching its 10-year mark, what we have right now is a church that talks endlessly about openness and welcome, but the front steps feel hopelessly broken down. Who will fix them?
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To sustain social justice work, you need a foundation: prayer
A Reflection for Monday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time, by Simcha Fisher
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The Holy Innocents: the first martyrs
A Reflection for the Feast of the Holy Innocents, by Simcha Fisher
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It’s not too late to go to confession before Christmas—and there’s nothing more important you can do
I have a confession to make: I have not been to confession yet this Advent. Every year, I bug people to go sometime during the season, and I think most of my family has been. But I have not yet gone myself.