Lenten Season 101: A Guide for Everything You Need to Know
Lent is the time of spiritual preparation prior to the Easter season, just as Advent is for Christmas. Jesus taught us clearly that there is no Resurrection without the Cross, and Lent is the Churc...
A Prayer to Face Each New Day with Peace of Mind
I was given this prayer by an Eastern Catholic deacon. I love it because it is a prayer of abandonment and trust in God for the daily details in our lives, and expresses well how much we need His h...
Three Sacramentals Instituted by the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Blessed Virgin Mary is ever-interested in our salvation and is our supreme advocate and intercessor among all the saints. As the very good Mother she is, she gives her children helpful instruc...
Praying the O Antiphons: An Ancient Advent Tradition
During the final days of Advent, anticipation heightens as the birth of the Savior draws nearer. This anticipation is marked by something special in the prayers of the Liturgy of the Hours. What is...
A Christmas Novena for the 9 Days before Christmas
One of the best things about celebrating a Catholic Christmas are the final days leading up to Christmas Eve. There are several long-standing Catholic cultural traditions that take us through these...
Don't Name (Or Try to Discover the Name Of) Your Guardian Angel
One of the beautiful and consoling teachings of the Catholic Church is that each one of us has a Guardian Angel given to us by God to lead us on the path to salvation.Beside each believer stands an...
The Feast of the Holy Archangels: Their Identity & Mission
On September 29th the Church honors the Holy Archangels. Although there are believed to be seven archangels (based on Tobit 12:15 and Rev. 8:2), only these three are mentioned by name in the Cathol...
Our Lady's Seven Promises to Those Who Meditate on Her Seven Sorrows
The entire month of September is dedicated by the Church to the honor of Our Lady of Sorrows. The feast day on September 15th falls on the octave day of the feast of Mary's nativity on September 8t...
Our Beautiful Queen: Lessons on the Queenship of Mary
One of the most beautiful and universal titles of the Blessed Virgin Mary is her title as Queen, honored on the August 22nd feast of the Queenship of Mary, the octave day of the feast of her Assump...
St. Thomas More & St. John Fisher: Martyrs for Faith & Freedom
Fighting for Faith and Freedom Each year on June 22nd we celebrate the feast days of two notable Catholic saints and martyrs: Saint Thomas More and Saint John Fisher. It's fitting that these two...