How my Lent of love has created my love of Lent
After years of failing at this season of conversion and sacrifice, I finally cracked the code ...
Maria Garabis Davis
Maria Garabis Davis holds a Juris Doctor degree and a BA in theology. A former youth minister and now a practicing attorney, she is the founder and co-owner of the greeting card company Pio Prints (www.pioprints.com). Maria resides in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband and four children.
Latest articles by Maria Garabis Davis
These saints’ insight into the Passion will help you share in Christ’s pain
Have you ever considered how many soldiers gathered to taunt Our Lord?
Why I don’t regret giving up a scholarship in order to go to Catholic college
The gift of my university was the sisterhood I took with me after graduation.
I had a plan and a baby wasn’t in it
After 10 years of charting my cycles, I was a natural family planning fail. And I was furious.
5 Ways to put all those Christmas cards to good use
So many of our Christmas cards are photos, these days, and that can be a prompt for prayer and outreach!
So, Where the heck was all that mercy in 2016?
What if I -- if we -- were instead being called not to look for gifts but to brace for a reckoning?
What happened when a small voice said, “Mom, who was that guy?”
My children were thinking that you only are kind to people you know. It was time to refocus. It was time to live kindly on purpose.
My mystifying and miraculous “spiritual childhood” with Padre Pio
The more I learned, the more Padre Pio’s presence in my life began to make sense
Why are Catholics so notoriously bad at fellowship?
In establishing the Church, Jesus made clear that we aren’t meant to navigate the Christian journey alone
How to be pro-life without all the yelling
I realize now that all of my years of lecturing about life probably didn't convert a single mind, or soul
What my mother-in-law taught me about my own cold heart
I took her into my home as a boarder, and not as a human being worthy of love
No shopping or housework on Sunday? Sign me up!
"Keeping the Lord's Day was the best thing I've ever done for my family"
Need help right away? Make Mother Teresa’s emergency novena
For times when you don't have nine days to pray
The Mercy of Giving a Mommy Some “Me-Time”
The realization hit: Having a baby means never being alone again.
Confessions of a Family Rosary Dropout
I was so very envious of the families I knew that said the rosary together. It just wasn’t working for my crew
Why I Took Pride in Instructing the Ignorant
—until I realized I was the ignorant one in need of instruction
They Don’t Make Women Like My Mom Anymore
... and I want to be one
God, Don’t You Know Me?
Sometimes prayers, no matter how pure and persistent, go unanswered
A “Season of Hate” in Marriage Will Pass, As Winter Falls to Spring
Even if you don't like your spouse right now, happiness is likely in your future
Ignoring the Holy Spirit: All Those Missed Chances
I know I was prompted by the Holy Spirit to do a small but meaningful thing. And now the opportunity is gone.