Modern Mortification: Beyond Hair Shirts and Flogs
For years, the adoration chapel at my parish used to put out a little basket full of folded strips of paper on the table during Lent. It was accompanied by a little sign that read: “Pick a Penance.” Everyone takes one slip each time they visit. There’s to be no cheating and no “throwbacks.” As […]
How to Win In Spite of the Odds
When was the last time you read the Book of Maccabees? It’s perfect bedtime reading for such a time as this.
Leading Like Judith in Dark Times
It’s not easy to keep the faith when it’s being challenged on every front these days. From COVID restrictions to political sea-changes, outright censorship and the tyrannical “cancel” culture, it’s no wonder so many of us are crying out, “Where are you God?”
Don’t Celebrate Hell This Halloween
By Charles D. Fraune For those who were not brought up in an authentically Catholic cultural environment, Halloween can easily take on the character of a death festival. Ghouls, vampires, witches, devils, eye-ball soups, depictions of demons and murder on front lawns (I saw a realistic hanging scene on someone’s front porch the other day […]
Lent + Coronavirus = An Unprecedented Spiritual Opportunity
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS We might as well admit it right up front – this is a Lent like most of us have never seen in our lifetime. A killer virus is sweeping the planet. We’re virtually quarantined in our homes; the kids are off; events are cancelled; the churches are closed; and we’re […]
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