Gretchen Crowe reflects on a Facebook post she recently saw: “The post shared the story of a little boy who was struggling, an 8-year-old who needed a break, needed a hug, and needed just to ...
As Ash Wednesday approaches, many Catholics are deciding what they might give up for Lent. In his latest column, Monsignor Owen Campion looks at this tradition of sacrificing during Lent. He writes: ““Giving up” something ...
Columnist David Mills writes about how Christians are called to experience pleasure — and how by denying ourselves some of these pleasures during Lent, we can appreciate them all the more come Easter Sunday. Using ...
Our Sunday Visitor contributing editor Russell Shaw explores why many Catholics who have fallen away from the Church return on Ash Wednesday. He writes that many long to hear the truth in the words: “Remember, ...
Assistant editor Ava Lalor shares how a conversation with a priest about the homeless in their community has led her to take seriously how to give alms this Lenten season: “During the season of Lent, ...
Every year around this time Catholics ask the same question: “What will I do for Lent?” We know our Lenten practice should be spiritually enriching. We know it should be a sacrifice. However, we might ...
Christians must persevere in generously doing good in the world, bolstered by prayer and by fighting evil in their own lives, including an addiction to digital media, Pope Francis said. "Lent is a propitious time to ...
Managing editor Scott Warden shares how his family has approached Lent in the past: “Up until last year, we mandated both the family and individual fasts. Last Lent, though, we thought that letting the kids ...
There is an expectation among many Catholics that when the liturgical season of Lent rolls around, each of us will flip a switch and finally — blessedly — become the disciples Christ is calling us ...
For the past three years, Gretchen Crowe has been immersed in an extraordinary, yet daunting, task: telling the story of Rachel Muha and her son, Brian, who, along with his roommate, Aaron, were kidnapped and ...
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