When I was in the convent often I would reflect on Good Friday because of the pain and suffering that I endured at the hands
In roughly 24 hours, the Sacred Triduum will begin. During these three days, the Church commemorates in a solemn manner the Passion, Death, and Burial
I know everyone has bad days at work, and maybe I should shut my mouth since I’m a teacher and standing one month away from
“Then David came dancing before the Lord with abandon, girt with a linen ephod” (2 Samuel 6:14). To be a fool for the Lord. On
My husband and I recently sold our home after several months of it being on the market. In the process there were a lot of
Answering the call of the Lord to give up everything and to follow Him is not an easy thing to do. The key is to
Imagine if you were to go home tonight and you go to switch on your favorite lamp, but nothing happens. So you replace the light
Whether we call it Eucharistic Adoration or Holy Hour, the time we spend with the Eucharistic Lord in Adoration offers many graces. Often, however, it
Aquinas on pedagogy of children: I just read something very interesting from St. Thomas Aquinas pertaining to the order of teaching children in the matter
My high school batch at St. Paul College of Pasig, a Catholic school for girls here in the Philippines run by the Sisters of St.
The idea for this post came to me last Saturday, the 4th, which was the feast of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. In the Office of
If anything could prove the existence of a soul, it is the utter emptiness of a corpse. — Mary Doria Russell, Children of God When
This weekend we celebrated the Epiphany! But who were these mysterious Magi who came from the East? Here are some things you may not know
In case you hadn’t noticed, this week was the time of New Year’s resolutions. A tradition in which a person makes a promise to do an act
In our family, we celebrate New Year’s Eve in a typical way – Midnight Mass, party at our the house of our paternal grandparents, fireworks,
Guest Post by Derek Caudill Today is the Feast of the Holy Innocents, on which the Church remembers the events described in chapter two of
Charlie gave Linus the pop quiz: what is Christmas all about? Of course, Linus proclaims the birth of Christ (was Linus named after the second Pope?)
When I came back to New York from Lourdes, France I had a new admiration for Saint Bernadette. It was wonderful learning about the different
My life is no longer my own. For the past 33 days, I made the commitment to consecrate myself to Jesus through Mary’s intercession. This
For the past three months, the liturgical calendar has been reminding us of our spiritual allies. Towards the end of September, we commemorated the feast
“Death would have no great terrors for you if you had a quiet conscience … Then why not keep clear of sin instead of running
