Do you think that beauty is just for the cultured, the dreamer, or the romantic? Think again. In his new book, Beauty: What It Is and Why It Matters, John-Mark L. Miravalle argues that beauty isn’t just a matter of opinion. In fact, since everyone has a...
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...
“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...
