As we begin Holy Week, St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross meditates on the good that comes from desiring and carrying the Cross.
What should true mortification aim at?
What does Christ’s prediction of His Passion mean for us? What lessons can we draw from it?
As we begin the spiritual discipline of Lent today, let us reflect on why it is important to unite ourselves to the sufferings of Christ both spiritually and corporeally.
How does one choose a Lenten devotional? The secret to this, and to a life of piety in general, is to respect the hierarchy of our duties. Leila Marie Lawler offers wisdom as Lent approaches.
A powerful storyteller reveals the true source of strength – He is who is to be loved above all.
Claire Dwyer tells how she came to make this year’s Lenten resolutions.
Fr. John Bartunek answers a reader’s question about why it is they suffer Lenten melancholy which only lifts when Easter arrives.
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.
