The works of mercy call us to look closer: to see those around us as Christ, too. Often it’s easier to say we love humanity, but harder to love the human beings in our own home.
Lent
Deepening the joy of Easter
the Easter season is a time to open our hearts more widely and more gratefully to God our Father who has come to our rescue by sending us his Son who died and rose for
our salvation.
While it is still dark
So often we cannot see the light. We might be overcome with worry or fear or sadness or uncertainty. Not knowing what lies ahead, we might not know where to begin.
A Crazy Mixed-up Lunch
When I got back to my desk at work, I opened the bag and realized I had the other customer’s lunch.
Try to see the love
Go home and find a crucifix, the priest said. Sit and hold it and really look at it.
Friday fish fries are starting to come back this Lent
Lenten Friday fish fries, a staple at many Catholic parishes in some regions of the United States, were among the many things put on the back burner during the coronavirus pandemic.
Fasting: Connecting to joy
When fasting, we are more likely to be attentive; be intelligent; be reasonable; be responsible.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Lenten Spirituality
Lent is a great time to grow in your faith and deepen your relationship with Christ. George Matysek talks with Paul and Sarah Jarzembowski about practical ways of making this Lent a time of spiritual growth.
Cardinal joins Biden, and later Archbishop Gudziak, in praying for Ukraine
As Pope Francis and Catholics throughout the world did on Ash Wednesday, March 2, Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory prayed and expressed solidarity with the people of Ukraine as they are enduring a brutal Russian military invasion of their country.
World will be a better place if we dispense with the discouraging word
There’s many a day I’d like to be “home on the range” so as to escape the proliferation of discouraging words that besets us.
Five things to know about Lent
Father T. Austin Murphy Jr., pastor of Christ the King in Glen Burnie, answers five commonly asked questions as we prepare for the season of Lent, which begins March 2.
How Tom Brady can inspire our Lenten discipline
What we choose to do for our Lenten disciplines should help us make incremental progress toward holiness.