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About Maria Riley

I'm the author of Adventures with the Saints series. I freelance writing and editing, and I edit for Elk Lake Publishing.

Entries by Maria Riley

BE STILL AND KNOW

February 10, 2023/4 Comments/in Catholic Writing and Publishing/by Maria Riley

BE STILL AND KNOW Everyone I know is constantly in a battle for time. Our schedules are jam-packed and yet we struggle to fit in one more thing. Deadlines loom over us, yet we take on one more job, sure that we can find the time. “If only there were twenty-five hours in a day,” […]

Do Whatever He Tells You by Maria Riley

January 15, 2023/2 Comments/in Catholic Theme, Catholic Writing and Publishing, Faith, Inspirational, The Writing Life/by Maria Riley

I love meditating on the Wedding at Cana. Attending a wedding seems like such an ordinary event for Jesus and his friends to attend. I imagine them laughing and enjoying themselves, much the way I do when I attend weddings, which helps me remember that Jesus was fully human too. Another reason that I love […]

A Rosary in Fatima

December 9, 2022/0 Comments/in Catholic Writing and Publishing/by Maria Riley

Every night at 9:30 p.m. local time in Fatima, Portugal, pilgrims who have traveled from all over the world gather to pray in the Chapel of the Apparitions, which lies over the site where Mary appeared to three shepherd children for six months in 1917. In this open-air, unassuming chapel, a candlelit international Rosary is […]

(Mis)interpreting God’s Will

November 11, 2022/2 Comments/in Catholic Writing and Publishing, Family Life, Hope, The Writing Life/by Maria Riley

Maria Riley draws from her own experience to show the path forward through a time of uncertainty.

The Patron Saint of Editors and Publishers

October 14, 2022/0 Comments/in Catholic Writing and Publishing/by Maria Riley

Maria Riley shares about the life and methods of Saint John Bosco, the patron saint of editors and publishers.

Oxygen Mask of Spirituality

September 9, 2022/2 Comments/in Faith, Family Life, Inspirational/by Maria Riley

Oxygen Mask of Spirituality If you’ve ever flown on an airplane with a child, you know that the flight attendants instruct that, in case of an emergency, you should secure your own oxygen mask before assisting your child. The reason is that you’re no good to your kids if you’re dead. I’ve heard many people […]