The review of “Every Body is Smart” highlights its lessons on self-understanding and self-mastery for preschoolers, emphasizing the importance of recognizing bodily signals and practicing virtue.
Saints and Holy People
Every Body is a Gift
“Every Body is a Gift” emphasizes the importance of expressing love through our bodies. It teaches children that small acts of kindness make them gifts to others, reinforcing human connection and dignity in everyday interactions.
Everybody Has a Body
The book “Everybody Has a Body” conveys important lessons for children about appreciating their bodies as reflections of their inner selves and highlights the beauty of gender differences as intentional designs by God.
When Fainting Was Good
I have had a number of times in my life where I have fainted. Nearly all of them were anxiety related, where the stress in question was just too much for my mind and body to handle, and so my body decided to "disappear" for a moment. I am reminded of Queen Esther from...
What St. Michael Teaches Us About the Body
September 29 is the Feast of the Archangels, but this day has also traditionally been called “Michaelmas,” and has a long history of religious and harvest celebrations connected to it (start looking up those Goose recipes!). The traditional story of St. Michael as the...
Is St. Joseph a Father?
Catholics often think of St. Joseph as the obvious exemplar for fatherhood. However, like many Christian mysteries that we take too easily for granted, I think we often overlook how counterintuitive it is to place St. Joseph as the model of fatherhood. First, the...