During Passiontide, the Church Doubles Down on Lent
COMMENTARY: In this second part of Lent, we shift our focus. We are now called to unite ourselves to the Lord Jesus and spiritually prepare for his Paschal mystery.
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Why Every Catholic Should Know the Act of Contrition by Heart
COMMENTARY: Lent is the perfect time to rediscover the Act of Contrition and the divine mercy it calls us to embrace.
Why Your Examination of Conscience Is Too Shallow — and How to Fix It
COMMENTARY: The desert of Lent is a place where we can examine our conscience with honesty and transparency.
Step Into the Mystery of Lent
COMMENTARY: Lent is about deepening our knowledge and experience of the Suffering, Crucified and Resurrected God who loves us and seeks union with us.
Pray for Those Who Left the Faith as You Walk the Stations of the Cross
COMMENTARY: While the grace of the Stations of the Cross are for us, they aren’t meant to be only for us.
St. Bernadette’s Hidden Lesson of Lourdes
COMMENTARY: After the Blessed Mother appeared to her in 1858, the French peasant girl sought simple religious life 400 miles away from Lourdes and the spotlight.
The ‘3 Advents’ of the Catholic Church
COMMENTARY: Drawing from the spiritual wisdom of the great St. Bernard of Clairvaux, we can now observe the season with a broader horizon.
10 Surprising Facts About St. Peter’s Basilica and the Vatican
The basilica, consecrated on Nov. 18, 1626, is a place of beauty and transcendence, prayer and worship. It is a place made beautiful by human hands and the grace of God.
Live Your Life With an Eye on Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell
COMMENTARY: In the modern era, the Catholic Church has not sufficiently taught or stressed the Four Last Things in the liturgical, catechetical and devotional life.
4th of July Reflection: Freedom’s Fragile Reality
COMMENTARY: If we want the U.S. to grow and prosper and continue to be ‘the land of the free and the home of the brave,’ then a mature freedom and a sound moral sense must be fully retrieved and put into public practice.
