5 Tips For Celebrating Palm Sunday At Home
This is the first article in a new series on "How to Celebrate Holy Week at Home."Palm Sunday is right around the corner. This has always been one of my favorite Sundays of the year.As a kid, when ...
Not The Lent We Wanted (And What To Do About It)
So. Your Lent didn't quite turn out the way you expected. I can relate.As I type, I have my earbuds playing some of my favorite music. Yet I had given up music for Lent. I am also eating the chocol...
How To Keep The Sabbath Holy If You Can't Go To Mass
Sometimes we are unable to get to Mass on Sunday due to illness or because we are caring for someone who cannot take care of themselves.Currently most of us are unable to attend Mass because public...
Seal Your Doorpost With The Divine Mercy Image
Most of us are familiar with the Divine Mercy image. Many Catholics pray the chaplet of Divine Mercy frequently, and have this powerful image hanging in their homes or printed on a prayer card. ...
How are you managing right now as we live through this uncertain and difficult time? We have probably all considered the same questions and scenarios when it comes to what “makes sense” for us reg...
How To Do The Stations of the Cross At Home
Now that most public liturgies are canceled—both Masses and parish Stations of the Cross—many of us are feeling the void in our Lenten practices. The good news is: you don’t have to gather in you...
6 Tips For Finding and Keeping Your Peace
Is it possible to experience peace, and live it spiritually, when things in your life seem to be imploding? Yes. Not only can you remain in peace yourself, you can bring it to others—regardless of...
“The duties of each moment are shadows beneath which the divine action lies concealed.” —Fr. Jean Pierre de Caussade, S.J. A few weeks ago, our nine-year-old, Sam, asked me to play a game of Mon...
Nunc Coepi! Begin Again...Right Now
Many of us believe that new beginnings are one-time opportunities—and if we miss that one-time chance, we think that's it. No turning over a new leaf until a new and specific opportunity arises.But...
6 Tips for Wrestling With Doubt in the Spiritual Life
Doubt affects the lives of most Christians at one time or another. We can doubt an endless variety of things: the authenticity and translation of Sacred Scripture, the love of God, His mercy, our s...