On August 15, the Church celebrates what we know as the Fourth Glorious Mystery.
Marta Timar
Practicing the Presence of God
There are many other little ways in which we can place ourselves in the presence of God throughout the course of the day.
A Reflection on St. Joseph
Saint Joseph was a man possessed of unwavering faith and utmost trust in God’s providence, an upright man of faith and outstanding virtues.
A Reflection on Good Friday
“I understand human frailty. I forgive readily, I forget indelicacies as soon as the soul returns to Me, but that does not prevent My Heart from feeling the wound.”
Mary, the Mother of God and Our Mother
Contemplating Our Lady as mother of Jesus when He was an infant and little boy, it is easy to imagine her doing all the things mothers do for their...
Remembering Christ at Christmas
It seems that with every passing year, Christmas comes earlier and earlier…..or rather, what comes earlier and earlier is the setting-teeth-on-edge, nerve-fraying rampant materialism that has been foisted upon us by a secular society increasingly determined to rewrite what Christmas actually means.
Thanksgiving
It is hard to believe yet another year is drawing to a close. Thanksgiving is upon us and with it, the “official” start to the holiday season and the ensuing frenzied scurrying about of gift buying and party going. But at the start of this frantic race, collectively as Americans, we do pause to give thanks to God for our blessings.
Praying for the Holy Souls
The month of November is dedicated to the Holy Souls – those faithful who have gone before us having died in God’s grace and friendship, but “still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of Heaven” (CCC–1030-1031).