The Character Trait That Will Help You Advance in Your Spiritual Life, Who Was Isaiah and What Does His Message Mean for Us, and More Great Links!

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The Character Trait that Will Help You Advance in Your Spiritual Life – Father Luigi M. Epicoco at Aleteia

Who Was Isaiah and What Does His Message Mean for Us? – Monsignor Charles Pope at Community in Mission Blog

Eucharistic Miracles Witnessed by two Doctors of the Church – Blessed Carlo Acutis Podcast

FOCUS Missionary Named “Servant of God,” Canonization Cause Officially Opened – Jacqueline Burkepile at ChurchPOP

Spiritual Desolation – Saint Alphonsus Liguori via Tan·Direction

Praise to the Noble and Precious Blood – Mary O’Regan at Mary’s Blog

Forgiveness and Redemption – Daniel Mark at Catholic365

How the Saints Change Our Lives – Jeannie Ewing at Catholic Exchange

What is It Like To Compose Sacred Music? – Michelle La Rosa at The Pillar

Medieval ‘Reductio’ versus Modern Reductivism – Randall Smith, Ph.D., at The Catholic Thing

Want Incredible and Out of This World Catholic News Links, Click Here – Tito Edwards at Big Pulpit 

Karl Geiger, “Via Crucis,” 1876, St. Johann der Evangelist

The Lord Has Need of It

‘The Lord has need of it’ — a small detail in the Passion narrative that reveals the boundless humility of our Savior and his longing for union with us.