by Deborah Larmour | Jan 28, 2020 | Domestic Church, Faith, life and family, New Evangelization
The following is a a story shared with the UCWLC leadership by their Spiritual Director Sr. Sophia of the Sisters of St. Joseph. I want to thank the ladies for sharing it with me and Sr. Sophia for graciously consenting to its publication as a guest post on the FLO...
by Deborah Larmour | Jul 25, 2018 | Domestic Church, Faith, life and family, Marriage, Natural Family Planning, Purity; Chastity
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the controversial and often misunderstood Encyclical Letter Humanae Vitae. It was issued by Bl. Paul VI in response to a call for the Church to change teaching which had been consistent and foundational for almost 2000 years. All...
by Deborah Larmour | Jun 8, 2018 | Domestic Church, Faith, life and family, New Evangelization, Pope Francis, Purity; Chastity, Reflections, Theology of the Body, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
On the Feast of St. Joseph, 2018, a new Apostolic Exhortation was given to the Church by Pope Francis. Gaudete et exsultate (GE) Without going through the document line by line (which is, incidentally a great idea as it is very readable, practical and not a...
by Deborah Larmour | May 18, 2018 | Domestic Church, Eternal Life, Faith, life and family, Reflections
The following reflection has been generously shared with us by Michelle Borysko. It was originally written and shared by Michelle at her parish on Good Friday 2018. Michelle is from Saskatoon and currently lives with her husband Greg and their children in Texas. It...
by Deborah Larmour | Feb 18, 2018 | Domestic Church, Faith, life and family, Reflections, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
When it came to the Forgiveness Sunday, just before the first day of the Great Fast, last week ( I am still having trouble believing that the first week of Lent is already behind us…) I was struggling with what sort of fasting I would do this year. As I am...
by Deborah Larmour | Dec 17, 2017 | Domestic Church, Faith, life and family
We all know the studies and statistics about Christmas being hard on both our stress levels and our pocket books. Every year advice columns tell us to not put so much emphasis on the “perfect day”, the “perfect gift” or even the ever illusive “perfect family or...
