The Custom Made Cross
Claire Dwyer
March 12, 2020
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When God chooses our penance, it is far more powerful than any cross we pick up ourselves. Claire Dwyer reflects on passive purification.
The Last Hours of Jesus: Gethsemane
Charlie McKinney
March 11, 2020
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Fr. Gorman has created a richly-textured, moment-by-moment account that brings to vivid life the powerful events that transpired between Jesus’ Agony in the Garden and His death on the Cross.
A Season of Restoration
Debra Black
March 7, 2020
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Debra Black provides a beautiful reflection on the restorative aspect of Lent.
Lord, Teach Us To Pray: Calvary and the Mass
Charlie McKinney
March 4, 2020
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Prayer, meditation, Holy Hours, the Mass, and even a bit of philosophy: it’s all here in this delightful anthology of the works of the saintly archbishop Fulton J. Sheen!
Ash Wednesday – Lent Begins
Liz Estler
February 26, 2020
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How did Ash Wednesday get started? Find out in this excerpt from an older text on this celebration and practice … as we begin the discipline of Lent.
Making a Holy Lent: Prayer
Charlie McKinney
February 26, 2020
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Fr. Bill Casey turns our attention to Jesus in brief reflections on topics ranging from the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist to the role that the Blessed Virgin Mary plays in every healthy prayer life.
Be Brave With Us
Dan Burke
February 20, 2020
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These times call for extraordinarily courageous and generous hearts—and that means you.
The Catapult to Change
Debra Black
February 15, 2020
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How is the spiritual life like Candyland? Debra Black offers a reflection as we look forward to Lent.
A Devotional Journey Into Easter: Ash Wednesday and Lent
Charlie McKinney
February 5, 2020
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A Devotional Journey into the Easter Mystery shows readers how prayerful participation in the Paschal Mystery brings life, joy, and holiness. It’s a powerful aid for every Christian who seeks to make Lent and Easter a truly life-changing experience.
Powerful Pre-Lent Tradition – Septuagesima Sunday
Dan Burke
January 29, 2020
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Dom Prosper Guéranger, O.S.B., abbot of Solesmes from 1837-1875, devoted a whole volume of his great work – The Liturgical Year to
Septuagesima. In his Preface, Dom Guéranger referred to Septuagesima as a season of “transition, inasmuch as it includes the period between two important Seasons, – Christmas and Lent.”
