You see, our loved ones are celebrating in heaven as well. It’s Jesus’s birthday and the angels are singing; everyone gathers to share in the celebration and at the same time they are watching over ...

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be ...

For those who have lost a loved one, the holiday season can often be bittersweet. When his mother died in 1989, John “Jay” Mooney wanted to help his family cope with the loss. So on a cold October ...

One night this Advent, when our family assembled to say the Rosary, our daughter Mary Katherine told us she had been praying all 15 mysteries of the Rosary by herself. Mary, who is 12 years old, ...

DEAR BONNIE: I get very sad this time around the holidays when I think of all my family members who have passed and are no longer here to celebrate Christmas with me. I get depressed just thinking of ...

DEAR BONNIE: This time of the year is so hard. Missing someone in Heaven has me in so much pain. I do not feel like celebrating Christmas or even putting up a tree. I do not know how others deal with ...