Once you admit that ‘prayer’ is merely the word we use to describe the practical way we go about allowing God’s love to enter into
Do not love the world or the things in the world. The love of the Father is not in those who love the world; for all
There is a deep and abiding beauty to the journey of Lent that many in our modern era have forgotten. For some, Lent has been
How do people know that we are Catholic? The Joy of the Amish Children A few weeks ago, I was driving to my sister’s house
I find it powerful and transcendent that Lent is a moving journey toward the Cross and beyond. This “moving” however, comes in three distinct contexts.
When we receive ashes on the Day of Ashes, or Ash Wednesday, while the priest make the sign of the cross on our foreheads with
What are your plans for Valentine’s Ash Wednesday? Sex and Death The combination was bound to happen eventually; it will happen again in 2024
Lent begins early this year and falls on that lover’s holiday, February 14th. This is an unfortunate day for those hopeless romantics that expect an
Ashes on Ash Wednesday You never know who might be touched by your quiet witness of ashes on Ash Wednesday. Last year, I really wasn’t
The Outward Sign Many years ago on Ash Wednesday, I took my children to Sam’s Club to do some shopping. We hadn’t been to Mass
I started a new job a couple weeks ago, and I happen to be in the office on Wednesday mornings. I walked into my office,