Dan Burke and Melissa Elson discuss ways we can prepare our hearts for Christmas during Advent with devotional ideas and resources.
Father John Bartunek introduces his latest Advent retreat guide on “The Christmas Apostle”, otherwise known as Saint John the Evangelist.
When faced with tragedy, loss, failure, illness, or any difficulty in life, how can we learn to suffer well? Author Dr. Ronda Chervin uses the lives of the saints to help us cope with suffering in her book “Avoiding Bitterness in Suffering: How Our Heroes in Faith Found Peace Amid Sorrow.”
How does the mystery of the Incarnation present itself to us? Enter into Father Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen’s reflection on the immensity of God’s love becoming flesh for us.
Are you ready for Advent? Dan and Melissa have some suggestions that will help you cleanse your soul in preparation for Christmas.
RELICS (Part II of III) Editor’s Note: In Part I, we took a look at the tomb of St. Francis of Assisi, saw evidence of
Humility and Confidence Humility Part 2 Dan and Melissa continue their discussion on humility in “Humility and Confidence”; in particular how humility does not lower
MARY ALONE “And the Angel departed from her.” Luke 1:38 1. There can be few more beautiful or more fruitful matters for contemplation than the
THE MOTHER OF GOD “The Lord possessed me in the beginning of His ways, before He made anything from the beginning. I was set up
“O my God! make me worthy to understand something of the mystery of the burning charity which is in You, which impelled you to effect