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 Guide to 4 Popular Devotional Tools for Lent
Christmas and Easter are the two principle feasts of the liturgical year. On Christmas our Savior was born, and on Easter, the Church's most important feast, our Savior accomplished what he was bor...
How Do I Explain Lent to Non-Catholics?
Have you ever struggled to explain why you participate in Lent? If you have friends or family members who are not Catholic, they may notice something a bit different about you - namely, your curiou...
“From long experience I have learned that there is nothing like holy water to put devils to flight and prevent them from coming back again. They also flee from the Cross, but return; so holy water ...
Ways For Catholics To Celebrate St. Nicholas's Day
December 6th is the feast day of St. Nicholas, the patron saint of children, which appropriately falls during the Advent season. This feast day is an especially exciting one for children as they co...
Why Catholics Have Statues (And 5 Reasons You Should, Too)
Throughout the history of Christianity, the Church has used art to tell her stories, teach the Faith, and educate the faithful. Stained glass windows, icons, paintings, and statues were the most ...
God's Children Are Not For Sale
Catholic social teaching declares the dignity of every human being as a child of God and promotes the sanctity of all human life. Every life is a gift, and we have a responsibility to protect and n...
6 Reasons to Cultivate a Devotion to the Precious Blood
During the month of July, the Church invites us to grow in our love and devotion to the Precious Blood of Christ. Although Pope Pius IX instituted this feast in 1849, the devotion is as old as Chri...
Confirmed in Christ: Receiving the Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Do you remember your Confirmation? Mine took place over 40 years ago, but sadly, as a teenager, I did not study or ponder the Gifts of the Holy Spirit sealed in me on my Confirmation day. What a mi...
Promises, Patterns & the Message of the Empty Tomb
Alleluia! Christ is risen! As we accompanied Him through Lent in His Passion and death, we longed for the Lover of Our Souls to rise in all His glory, depart the empty tomb transfigured, and change...