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...
ADHD Awareness Month (October) is upon us once again. In previous years, I have written about Struggles All Catholics with ADHD Can Understand and Saints for Those Who Struggle with ADHD. This year, I would like to give you some prayer tips for Catholics with ADHD....
On a hot summer morning, as the story goes, sometime just before 1150, Guigo, a Carthusian of the Grande Chartreuse was hard at work in the garden of his cell when he was struck by the image of prayer found deep in the bowels of the Old Testament. As he meditated on...
If you think that mystical experiences and private revelations were reserved for those in religious life alone, then you haven’t met Saint Bridget of Sweden. While Saint Bridget was a third order Franciscan during her marriage and eventually became a full...
On a hot summer morning, as the story goes, sometime just before 1150, Guigo, a Carthusian of the Grande Chartreuse was hard at work in the garden of his cell when he was struck by the image of prayer found deep in the bowels of the Old Testament. As he meditated on...
