“Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.” Mt. 5: 7 The readings for today, as well as the recently celebrated saints (St. John Paul II, wahoo!) all point to the mercy of God. The antiphon for Morning Prayer says, “Lord, show us the radiance of your mercy”; and in the Office of […]
Monday Musings – Embracing the Cross
Today is the feast of St. Paul of the Cross. Not knowing much about him, I went to my faithful Google search bar to read up on our saint of the day. [1] The summary version is that he was incredibly devoted to the Blessed Sacrament and the Cross of Christ, and he founded the […]
In the Breaking
“The dawn from on high shall break upon us (Lk. 1:78).” You, Jesus, are this Dawn, radiant and humble and broken. In the blood and water, which gushed forth from Your pierced heart, Ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world … You broke upon us. You, Jesus, broke upon us. In the flesh […]
Guess what? Your Lent doesn’t have to be perfect. Come what may, you just have to let yourself be perfected.
Is your Lent going as planned? If you feel like you’ve already failed when we’re not even halfway through, take a deep breath! Sometimes God has plans that we know nothing about. And certainly He has grace for when we mess up and let other things take priority over Him. It is the desire to […]
Seminarian Changed by New Book
“After reading this book my understanding and love for this sacrament has increased exponentially.“ As a seminarian, it has always been extremely important for me to learn as much as possible about God’s gift to us in the sacraments, which are the basis of our Catholic Faith. I always knew that confession was an extremely […]
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