
Abraham, Isaac, and the Sacrifice of Fatherhood
What Abraham was asked to surrender points to a truth modern hearts resist: that fatherhood, like faith, demands total self-gift.
What Abraham was asked to surrender points to a truth modern hearts resist: that fatherhood, like faith, demands total self-gift.
The spiritual regimen builds connection with and healing through Christ and through fasting, prayer … and cold showers.
Fatima visionary Sister Lúcia explains how our Christian tradition of asceticism can help us grow in love of God and neighbor.
Here are several simplifications for your life that you might consider during Lent
As Catholics in the U.S. marked the Feast of Christ the King 80 years ago, an American soldier gave his life to save his comrades in the South Pacific.
‘Pray, brethren, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father.’
“Christ transforms the ‘water’ of our spiritual poverty into the generous ‘wine’ of renewal and commitment, as he did at Cana.” —Pope St. John Paul II
“Through the sign of the cross it is not the servant or the slave who is speaking, but the Lord of all creation.” —Pope St. John Paul II
What keeps these couples together? It is free and complete submission to Jesus Christ, whose Cross deeply unites every aspect of their lives.
“Lord God, in the simplicity of my heart I have gladly given you everything.”
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