“Alice von Hildebrand fought in her corner of the world, in her way, using her gifts and her resources. And God blessed her and anointed her.” Claire Dwyer
Could the Lord be calling you to deepen your interior life and enrich your understanding of Catholic spiritual theology at the Avila Institute? Claire Dwyer gives a nudge in that direction!
“Despite the enormous love and gratitude I have for my vocation to the priesthood, my ministry of spiritual direction remains, unexpectedly, the greatest joy of my life.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
Sometimes, masked within the deceptive trappings of an OCD disorder, an actual attack by the Evil One. Monsignor Stephen Rossetti explains.
“The apostle Paul invites us to participate in the baptismal rebirth and renewal that is freely and gratuitously offered in Jesus, along with the rich outpouring of the Spirit (Titus 3:4-7). Let us come into the waters of baptism with Jesus.” – Fr. Derek Sakowski
“No matter how blessed a time the retreat was, most of us are not called to live on the mountain alone with God. We have families, jobs, and communities that, whether we like it or not, are waiting for us. The key, I emphasize, is to integrate our experience on retreat into our daily lives.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
“And now, today, in the middle of a prosperous nation, NFL commentators, nurses, doctors, pilots, police, are quietly vanishing. Law-abiding citizens. Loyal employees. The ones who came on time, and stayed late, and worked heroic hours during the crisis, and loved their profession. Gone.” – Dr. Elizabeth Mitchell
“In celebrating Epiphany—in celebrating God’s manifestation to the nations, we are not celebrating a light that has come and gone, like a flash in the night. We are not looking back with nostalgia to a better day that can never return.” – Fr. John Keehner
“We pray that all who perpetrate such evil would turn away from the darkness and find salvation in the light of Christ.” – Monsignor Stephen Rossetti
In the Nativity of the Lord, the cries of the world, the cries of the human heart, and the cries of God coincide. These shared
