As we focus on growing closer to Jesus, may we carve out time and opportunities to walk with him in joy. If that happens to include fish sticks for dinner, let me know what time I should be there.
Commentary
Washing dishes for Lent
We are blessed to have dirty dishes to wash.
We need rituals to mourn
Theologians and liturgists praise the power of rituals at the core of our faith. Rhythms of prayer and traditions of worship orient our lives toward God and set a solid foundation in an ever-shifting world.
This Lent, risk prayer
Don’t underestimate yourself. God has need of the talents you have been given. Prayer shows us how to use and multiply our gifts.
A Lent full of promise, steak success, cooking with children, and more (7 Quick Takes)
This Lent holds a different kind of hope and promise.
Archbishop Lori reflects on the Year of St. Joseph
St. Joseph’s example and intercession should encourage each of us to do our part in building up the household of the Church by a spirit of prayer, by a willing spirit of service, and by our witness to Christ.
Reason for celibacy/ Blessing for non-sacramental marriage?
Father Doyle fields questions about reason for celibacy in the priesthood and a blessing for non-sacramental marriages.
Pandemic Stories (or why there’s a Nerf gun in the tub)
Our daily lives are different in so many ways, transformed suddenly almost a year ago and then evolving bit by bit every day.
A pandemic Lent, ox cookies, and Valentine’s gifts (7 Quick Takes)
In many ways, it feels we have been in one long Lent for almost a year now.
Spiritual millionaires
Being a teacher may not buy me the BMW of my dreams, but days like this make me feel like a millionaire.
Do nothing for Lent
Many years for Lent I take on too many goals and give up too many things. A few days into Lent, I invariably realize I have failed at everything I planned to give up and take on.
Lent’s promise in bleak times
Perhaps it’s a blessing, then, that the church gives us Lent in midwinter. It’s a season of soul-searching; the gray skies give us no other choice but to turn inward and examine the dark spaces we’d rather not explore.