We Are Called To Be God’s Easter People
A religious sister who had just completed a few days of silent retreat in our community said to me, “Your place is so peaceful and convenient for prayer. What about you, are you a peaceful person?” Her interesting question reminded me that it was possible for us to live in peaceful settings and still lack […]
PASCHALCAzT 2022 – 49: Easter Tuesday – Peace!
Daily 5 minute podcast to celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord. Roman Station: St. Paul’s outside the walls TODAY: “Peace!” Reflection from Fr. Troadec and a note from a Doctrix of the Church. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · PASCHALCAzT 2022 – … Read More →
Day 109: A Heart of Obedience (2022)
As we continue to read about Saul’s vanity and disobedience, Fr. Mike emphasizes the importance of the virtue of obedience in our relationship with God. He also points out how God chose David to be anointed as king because David was a man after God’s own heart. Today’s readings are 1 Samuel 15-16 and Psalm […]
St. Elphege, Martyr
Elphege, also known as Alphege or Ælfheah, was born in the year 954. When he was just a young man he became a Benedictine monk at Deerhurst monastery in Gloucestershire, England. After a few years, he left to become a hermit at Bath where he later became the abbot. As abbot, he enforced a strict […]
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“Whatever our present state in life might be, the key is that we accept and understand that our real purpose in life is to be God-centered rather than self-centered.” — Mother Angelica, Mother Angelica’s Answers, Not Promises
Tuesday in the Octave of Easter
How many times have we failed to recognize the presence of the Lord in our lives? More often than not, when things do not go our way, our immediate reaction is to think that God has abandoned us. We let our emotions and anxiety take over. We forget to pray. We even blame God for […]
Find Your Joy in the Risen Christ
Saint Thomas Aquinas makes this very important assertion: every person is searching for happiness. This may appear to be a common sense statement. However, we must then ask, Why is it that so many people, today more than ever before, have long faces, open up their mouths to gossip and criticize and condemn, suffer despair […]
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is refreshingly unoriginal—and all the better for it
MPAA Rating: PG USCCB Rating: A-II Reel Rating: 4 out of 5 reels When the original trailer to the first Sonic film, produced by Paramount Pictures, dropped on Valentine’s Day in 2019, many fans were […]
Burger King in Spain apologizes, pulls offensive Holy Week ads
Burger King in Spain has apologized for an offensive Holy Week ad campaign. / Shutterstock Lima, Peru, Apr 18, 2022 / 14:59 pm (CNA). The fast-food chain Burger King in Spain has withdrawn and apologized for an offensive ad campaign that sparke… […]
What makes a school Catholic? Part 1 of 3
On March 23, the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Educational Institutions)1 issued an “Instruction,” “The identity of the Catholic school for a culture of dialogue.” The focus here is on elementary/primary schools and secondary/high schools […]