Mateo Cerezo. Ecce Homo. 1650 Many of us pass busily through Lent barely taking a moment to examine our lives or reflect on Christ’s life and love for us. Others feel weighed down with guilt and shame and struggle with accepting God’s forgiveness. No matter where our hearts lie this Lent, this is a time of grace for
Help for fasting on this Wednesday of the 1st Week of Lent: “Prayer is greatly aided by fasting and watching and every kind of bodily chastisement. In this regard each of you must do what you can. Thus, the weaker will not hold back the stronger, and the stronger will not press the weaker. You
Want a simple, easy, and yummy way to celebrate Easter with your family that goes beyond coloring eggs? Regardless of age, all members of your family will enjoy this tasty, (and meaningful!) breakfast item. When my second son was in first grade, the teacher (the wonderful and sweet Mrs. Stewart) asked all the parents
Readings and Prayers for St. Louis-Marie de Montfort’s Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary SECOND WEEK THEME FOR THE WEEK: KNOWLEDGE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN Acts of love, pious affection for the Blessed Virgin, imitation of her virtues, especially her profound humility, her lively faith, her blind obedience, her continual mental prayer, her mortification in all
Scripture tells us that darkness fell upon the earth from noon to midafternoon while Jesus hung on the Cross, and then, at the moment Jesus died the 8 foot thick curtain that enclosed the Holy of Holies in the Jerusalem temple was rent in two, the earth quaked, and the dead were raised… “Jesus cried
Besides coordinating Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration for my parish, I am an active and sought after retreat leader, teacher and speaker in the Diocese of Wichita, as well as a writer, artist and pilgrim.
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