
Prudence and Rectitude
How does the virtue of prudence regulate our lives? Father Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen explains in an excerpt from his classic Carmelite meditation book “Divine Intimacy”.

How does the virtue of prudence regulate our lives? Father Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen explains in an excerpt from his classic Carmelite meditation book “Divine Intimacy”.

Fr. John Bartunek answers a reader’s question about why it is they suffer Lenten melancholy which only lifts when Easter arrives.

In a chapter from “Meditations for Lent”, Jacques-Benigne Bossuet reflects on Christ’s Precious Blood, which purchased our salvation.

How does the way of the Cross conform us to Christ? Fr. Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen reflects in this excerpt from his classic Carmelite meditation book “Divine Intimacy”.

Fr. John Bartunek introduces his “Lenten Retreat Guide on the Last Supper: Teacher and Lord”, wherein he explains the first and second meditations of the guide, and a conference to go with it.

In a chapter from his book “The Last Hours of Jesus”, Fr. Ralph Gorman discusses Jesus’ interior suffering during the hours in the Garden of Gethsemane.

A reader, praying the Litany of Humility for Lent, asks how they can be freed from the desire to be loved. Fr. John Bartunek responds.

Fr. John Bartunek explains how the interior motive is different between penance and mortification … and how each can be done during Lent!

Fr. William Casey reflects on the transformative power of the sacrament of penance in this chapter from his book “Making a Holy Lent”.

How does excusing our faults blind us? Fr. Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen explains in this excerpt from his classic Carmelite meditation book “Divine Intimacy”.