As Catholics, it is good for us to consider making outreach to the elderly. Whether it is our parents, aunts, uncles, neighbors, or others, the elderly could use our companionship. Bringing children along to experience the wisdom of elders is s a blessing. Below are a...
As we contemplate the Stations of the Cross, we contemplate Jesus’s suffering. We can liken that to our own suffering, times we have been ridiculed or endured pain. Lent often tasks us to contemplate our mortality, and as Christians we are asked to suffer. This...
November is the month during which the Church asks us to pray especially for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. In fact, during the first eight days of November the faithful may gain a plenary indulgence on the part of the dearly departed under the usual circumstances and...
“Memento Mori!” We all know we say it at least around Halloween, All Saints Day, and All Souls Day. But what does it actually mean? We experience so much anxiety in this world. We already know that we are going to die, so worrying about it shouldn’t...
In 2007, a skeleton of a crucifixion victim from the Roman era was discovered during an excavation for a pipeline that was being placed. Romans used crucifixion as a popular form of torturous death. But what many of us don’t realize is that we have only found...
