Jimmy Akin’s Interesting Guide to Lent “Annual Lent Fight Update!” by Jimmy Akin Wednesday, March 09, 2011 12:34 AM Comments (3) (Published by permission from the
If we wish to understand the power of Christ’s blood, we should go back to the ancient account of its prefiguration in Egypt. “Sacrifice a
Dear Father John, My question is on behalf of my 11-year-old son, Matthew. Matthew decided to give up sweets for Lent. He did this completely
Dear Father John, I am trying to pray the Litany of Humility with special reverence and attentiveness during this Lent, and in doing so the
These are the golden rules proposed by St John of the Cross for total detachment: The soul must always be inclined ‘not to the easiest
“O Lord, You have created me for Yourself, to love You and to enjoy You, infinite Good, ineffable Beauty; do not permit me to lose
Dear Father John, Every year I start out Lent with great ambition and hope for spiritual growth, but somewhere along the way I lose interest
Dear Catholic Spiritual Direction: We are but days into Lent, and, after being to our church’s Way of the Cross tonight, I’m overwhelmed with the
Saint Paul would not likely find many friends in some corners of the Church today – nor would Jesus for that matter. Primarily because they
STUNNER! Pope Practiced Self-Mortification by Jimmy Akin So various circles have been atwitter about news reports that Pope John Paul II practiced certain forms of
