Suffering with Grace: A Reflection on the Stations of the Cross
In suffering, we have two choices: despair, or grace.
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Time to “Offer It Up”—How Suffering Leads to Perfection
Dr. Paul Chaloux offers fresh insight to the enduring question: why do we suffer?
Why Catholics Embrace Suffering During Lent
Pain, whether physical, emotional, or spiritual, is still painful. But we can harness it for a spiritual gain.
A Short and Personal Story of Redemptive Suffering in Practice
During this season of Lent, may we all imitate the attitude of my friend Angela, and in doing so, imitate Christ.
Dust and Diamonds—the Lenten Paradox
“Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” If you attended Mass on Ash Wednesday, you heard those words. If you’re anything like me, you walked back to the pew and wondered what those ashes on your forehead looked like. Did you have a cross or simply an ashy blob because your priest …
Walk with Jesus to Calvary by Praying the Stations of the Cross
Many Catholic Churches have a stations of the Cross celebration every Friday as a way to add an additional sacrifice to our Lenten journey. The stations are a way to reflect on the passion of Jesus. In addition to the standard stations, there are many variations. There are those who view the passion through the …
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5 Quotes of Consolation from St. Francis de Sales
Once the holidays wind down and we begin to slip in our New Year’s resolutions, we may have the temptation to fall into despair. In fact, the term “Blue Monday” was coined to explain the depressing mood many feel around the third Monday of January. It’s so easy to look at what’s causing the gloominess …
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St. John of the Cross Weighs in on the Big Topics of 2017
They say there’s nothing new under the sun, and this age-old adage bears weight in the spiritual realm as well. As humanity collectively – or individually – struggles with different aspects of our fallen human nature through the centuries, certain themes rise and fall in a cyclical timelessness. And so it is that a great …
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Strength in Troubled Times: 5 Quotes from St. Faustina’s Diary
Times are troubling. That’s not a political statement or thought, just a fact. There seems to be nothing but division, vitriol, spite, anger, and frustration – from every side of every aisle on every topic these days. Whether it’s rallies, Twitter wars, a 24 hour news cycle with no clear message, Facebook comment box debates …
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Is Suffering Really the Greatest Evil?
To fight against evil, to right the wrongs in this world; this is what heroic stories are made of. What happens, then, to a society when suffering is understood to be the greatest of all evils? What happens when any form of suffering must be eradicated at all costs? Suffering is king Here in …