The “Real Way to Fast” According to St. John Chrysostom
Lent is meant to be more than just giving up chocolate for six weeks. It’s also supposed to be more than forty (or ninety) days of cold showers or bread and water fasts. At least, that’s what St. John Chrysostom, the golden-mouthed preacher of the faith and Doctor of...
How Losing My Eyesight—and Blessed Carlo Acutis’s Intercession—Saved My Life
“You need to go straight to the emergency room,” my neuro-ophthalmologist said with great urgency. She had just diagnosed me with a “textbook” severe (and incredibly rare) Vitamin A deficiency that was leaving me blind. It was the first time meeting her: another...
Consecrate Yourself to Jesus Through His Parents this Lent
With Lent already here, you may be in the pre-season of deciding your Lenten practices. Amazing options crowd the internet and it can be hard to choose. If you have never done a personal consecration to Jesus, however, this could be a good place to start. Deepening...
The In-Between-Time: Approaching Ash Wednesday
Have you ever found yourself blindsided by Ash Wednesday? One day you are going about your business, perhaps even eating the last of the candy canes and still sweeping pine needles out of the corners of the living room, when you happen to glance at the calendar on the...