All We Need Is Love
María Ruiz Scaperlanda
July 30, 2024
In a world of silly love songs, it is easy to ask, “What’s love got to do with it?” rather than trust the love that we have already encountered as believers.
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María Ruiz Scaperlanda
María Ruiz Scaperlanda is an award-winning journalist and author. The Shepherd Who Didn't
Run: Fr. Stanley Rother, Martyr from Oklahoma
(Our Sunday Visitor) is her sixth book. In June
2016, she was presented with the St. Francis de
Sales Award by the Catholic Press Association
for her contributions to Catholic journalism.
Pray for Me
María Ruiz Scaperlanda
June 27, 2024
In intercessory prayer, I speak to God on behalf of another and their petition, be it a person, situation, or a community.
Let Us Pray: Interceding for One Another
María Ruiz Scaperlanda
May 24, 2024
Years ago, when any of my four children would run crying to me because of an injury or a fight, there was a good likelihood that I could make things better.
Let Us Pray: Love Will Keep Us Together
María Ruiz Scaperlanda
January 25, 2024
This “crazy little thing called love,” which is both simple to recognize and difficult to define, means nothing if it is not rooted in and seen through the one who is, was, and forever will be
Let Us Pray: The Living Body of Christ
María Ruiz Scaperlanda
February 16, 2023
We are, indeed, the living body of Christ, always becoming one in him who is our Lord and salvation.
We Pay It Forward
María Ruiz Scaperlanda
December 19, 2022
It was a huge bag of peaches that took two kids to carry. I thanked them for their thoughtfulness, reflecting to myself, Who brings fruit
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