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April 2016

April 04, 2016

5 Inspiring Quotes for the Feast of the Annunciation

Happy Feast of the Annunciation! In honor of this beautiful day, I have picked out...

February 2016

February 11, 2016

Lent Is Not Simply About Self-Improvement

If you’re looking for a self-improvement plan, go talk to Dr. Phil.

January 2016

January 19, 2016

O Antiphons for Ordinary Time and Ordinary Lives

Most of our days are filled with the routine and normal. We feel our lives...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

Make a New Year’s Resolution for the Year of Mercy

I have found that when it comes down to it, my mercy toward others often...

December 23, 2015

When Christmas Is Difficult

Is your Christmas going to be difficult? Do you know someone who is going to...

December 21, 2015

A Dark Night: Christmas Letter from Archbishop in Syria

This is a short Christmas letter from Maronite Archbishop Samir Nassar in Syria, translated by...

November 2015

November 21, 2015

The Year of Mercy and the Feast of Christ the King

The Year of Mercy is going to start in a couple weeks. Today's feast of...

June 2015

June 12, 2015

Feast of the Sacred Heart: Indulgence TODAY!

A poem for the feast of the Sacred Heart and a reminder that an indulgence...

June 01, 2015

5 Ways to Grow in Eucharistic Amazement

As Corpus Christi approaches, Sr Marie-Paul Curley shares five ways we can grow in Eucharistic...

May 2015

May 13, 2015

The Answer to All Our Bad Behaviors

Do you struggle with something that you wish you could be rid of? All of...

April 2015

April 03, 2015

Good Friday and the Doorpost of Humanity

My Savior sweat blood, it was a blood that came from His heart. heart blood...

April 01, 2015

Loved Ones Away from the Church? – A Holy Week Intention

Do friendly atheists exist? Find out and help me with my Holy Week prayer intention...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

Between the Tragic and Triumphant: A Holy Week Question

We are between the most tragic and most triumphant days of the liturgical year. Sr....

March 27, 2015

Lent is Like a Freezer: What Lenten Lesson Have You Learned?

Lent can be a cold, dark freezer if we don't let Jesus in to live...

March 19, 2015

Have You Hit the Lenten Speed Bump?

If we don’t take ourselves too seriously and are humble, I think slumps can become...

March 11, 2015

Complaining to God for Lent

Every moment contains an invitation to commune with God. Do you ever feel like a...

March 04, 2015

Lenten Secrets for Finding Light in Today’s Darkness

Darkness has this interesting characteristic that it can become unexplainedly “fascinating” the more we hear...

February 2015

February 23, 2015

The Priest Who Was Robbed on Ash Wednesday

At one stop a young man entered the subway car and told the priest to...

January 2015

January 05, 2015

Five New Year’s Resolutions from the Saints

I am a fan of practical, attainable New Year’s resolutions. This year I looked to...

December 2014

December 30, 2014

Ain’t No Party Like a Catholic Party

Our world just doesn't know how to stay happy. It knows how to give fleeting...

December 19, 2014

Ten Gifts Ideas for Religious Priests, Nuns, Sisters, etc

It's hard to buy something for the person who has everything. It is even more...

December 01, 2014

How to Have a Marian Advent

The Church presents Mary as a model for our Advent journey. Why? It might seem...

November 2014

November 28, 2014

Christmas Letter from Archbishop in Syria

The Maronite Archbishop of Damascus, Samir Nassar, has written a heartbreaking letter for the beginning...

November 18, 2014

Five Ideas to Kickstart Your Advent

Before this season passes me by in the blink of an eye I have a...