The ritual is simple and well-known: walk into a church, dip hand in font of holy water, make Sign of the Cross, proceed to pew. And the reverse: exit pew, dip hand in holy water font, make Sign of the Cross, exit church. It’s rote, it’s mundane, it...
School will be out soon, making for (hopefully) some rest and calm on the home front for moms and dads. College students have made their way home, with lots of free time on their hands. Folks are jetting off for long-needed, well-earned vacations and we’re all staying...
“It was once commonly known that the enjoyment of interior peace was the reward of virtuous living, a healthy and appropriately restrained sensory life, a clear mind able steadily to consider the causes of things in our changing world, and a heart often lifted...
Sometimes it feels like there are just too many saints, too many feast days, and too much to celebrate to keep up. And it’s true! The Catholic Church is filled with sinners turned saints who help us along our spiritual journeys–– and that’s a great gift....
Growing up as a cradle Catholic, you would think that I would know everything there is to know about prayer, but honestly, I only recently even heard of the Liturgy of the Hours. What little I did know (or thought I knew) about it was that it was prayed only by the...
