Join Dan Burke and Melissa Elson as they speak with Allen Smith about his book, The Cries of Jesus from the Cross for insight into the life
Fr. John Bartunek answers a reader’s question about why it is they suffer Lenten melancholy which only lifts when Easter arrives.
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”.
Fr. John Bartunek answers a reader’s question about what mortification is and how it helps us to practice it.
When the world rang with the news that the Holy Cross had been discovered, and everyone was asking for details, according to the working of each
