Thoughts On Lenten Sacrifice (A Modest Proposal)
I may be a newbie Catholic, but I have an idea about Lenten fasting that might alarm you. Ordinarily, see, we “give up” something pleasant for Lent. Then, at the end of the season, we once again...
View ArticleTo Break My Fast From Being Merciful
I came across some wise words of a Doctor of the Church I had never heard of the other day. The subject? The importance of being merciful. For the longest time, and long before I became a Catholic, I...
View ArticleEmber Days: What They Are And Where They Went
Today is the first Ember Day of autumn, the week after the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. A long time ago, in a world that seems so very far away, Christian traditions rooted in simple...
View ArticleAsh Wednesday and Lent, in Two Minutes…
I had to come back aboard real quick to trash some spam comments. Since I’m here, I’m gonna share this awesome example of using new media in the New Evangelization. Busted Halo’s awesome video on Ash...
View ArticlePope Francis Calls the Faithful to Pray and Fast for Peace in Syria, the...
It will happen this Saturday, September 7th, on the vigil of the birth of Mary. The Holy Father has called for the Church to buck the tide of self-righteous indignation, fed by the wishful thinking...
View ArticleI Have No Idea Where Pope Francis Gets These Ideas About Lent
Lent is a fitting time for self-denial; we would do well to ask ourselves what we can give up in order to help and enrich others by our own poverty. Let us not forget that real poverty hurts: no...
View ArticleAttention To Orders! Prayer And Fasting Tonight To Thwart The Black Mass...
Catholic Advocate sends, An official group at Harvard will hold a Satanic “Black Mass” tonight where they will mock the Catholic Church. The Archdiocese of Boston will hold a Eucharistic Hour of prayer...
View ArticleWant To Hear Christian Joy? Listen To The Singing In Kirkuk Cathedral…
The little video below comes via Natalia Trouiller’s Facebook page. She is accompanying the delegation of French bishops that is visiting Iraq right now. Here are the people we are praying and fasting...
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