A reader of Ignitum Today requested an article that in some way addresses the question of what it means to be Catholic today, especially in
When it comes to revising old hymn texts, I am typically a curmudgeon. I find excision as it is usually practiced a patronizing exercise in
My husband and I are currently navigating our way through our first holiday season as a married couple. Many life lessons learned, many tears of
Advent is my favorite liturgical season. I become extremely excited when Advent is coming, and love observing it by wearing my purple “Advent scarves,” painting
I imagine angels to be like responsible teenagers asked to babysit their toddler siblings. I’m sure that my own guardian angel is often exasperated with
The first time I went to Europe came about when my essay was chosen to receive a mostly paid pilgrimage to Assisi and Rome. $800
I have been living in fear. I have been fearful that God will take away the things I love – my children, my husband, family
If studying the saints has taught me anything, it is that there are many ways to travel the narrow road to Heaven. While some lived
Summer happens to be not a particularly favorite season of mine. As a very fair skinned person, summer is a constant reminder of my need
Many people, including Catholics, have misconceptions about the saints. Consider the following incidents: A journalist interviews the producer of a musical play about the life
Have you ever met someone who just seems to radiate Christ with every fiber of his or her being; where you can just see their love
One of the most surprising things about being a parent is the number of times I realize that my children are really the ones teaching
The cover appropriately displays a fish out of water. Ever felt like that? Like you were in over your head? Like you were way outside
Christ spent 3 years forming 12 men. Those men went on to change the world.
“God was made man…If I could love a leper’s sores, couldn’t I love the boringness of Henry? But I’d turn from the leper if he
It is a dog-eat-dog world out there. And I wonder, how much do we let this affect our spiritual lives? Every TV show from Biggest
An elderly woman stands at the votive candle area and lights eight large candles. She says a prayer and then finds her place in the
This weekend, for the first time in a while, we didn’t have anything scheduled on Saturday. To take advantage of that, my wife and I
Over the summer my dear friend and roommate put together a gorgeous video about why many Catholic women are returning to the old custom of
It was my last class of my senior year of college, and I listened intently as my professor wrapped up his final lecture. I sat
Not only is suicide a sin, it is the sin. It is the ultimate and absolute evil, the refusal to take an interest in existence;
