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pick up your cross and follow me

Pick Up Your Cross and Follow Me

Dr. Edward Sri

A device of torture, shame, and suffering, the image of the cross struck fear into the hearts of first century Jews. Against this backdrop, Jesus tells his disciples, “Pick up...

Pick Up Your Cross and Follow Me

Dr. Edward Sri

A device of torture, shame, and suffering, the image of the cross struck fear into the hearts of first century Jews. Against this backdrop, Jesus tells his disciples, “Pick up...

The Holy Face at the Edge of Lent

The Holy Face at the Edge of Lent

Colin MacIver

A face-to face encounter can be a powerful thing. I experienced this with my own son while praying for someone who was sick and suffering. Leo’s sincere prayer for their...

The Holy Face at the Edge of Lent

Colin MacIver

A face-to face encounter can be a powerful thing. I experienced this with my own son while praying for someone who was sick and suffering. Leo’s sincere prayer for their...

Why Isn’t Ash Wednesday a Holy Day of Obligation?

Fr. Mike Schmitz

Why is Ash Wednesday not a holy day of obligation? A holy day is a day that has been consecrated for God, so in that sense Ash Wednesday is a...

Why Isn’t Ash Wednesday a Holy Day of Obligation?

Fr. Mike Schmitz

Why is Ash Wednesday not a holy day of obligation? A holy day is a day that has been consecrated for God, so in that sense Ash Wednesday is a...

lenten season

3 Essential Practices for the Lenten Season

Dr. Edward Sri

What are the three essential practices that all Catholics are called to embrace during the Lenten Season? What does the desert have to do with these practices? This Lenten season,...

3 Essential Practices for the Lenten Season

Dr. Edward Sri

What are the three essential practices that all Catholics are called to embrace during the Lenten Season? What does the desert have to do with these practices? This Lenten season,...

Preparing for Lent

Preparing for Lent

Colin MacIver

How should we be preparing for Lent? By enjoying the good things God has made (celebrating Carnival/Mardi Gras) and planning out our fasting, almsgiving, and prayer for the forty days...

Preparing for Lent

Colin MacIver

How should we be preparing for Lent? By enjoying the good things God has made (celebrating Carnival/Mardi Gras) and planning out our fasting, almsgiving, and prayer for the forty days...

Fasting Isn’t Just for Lent

Fasting Isn’t Just for Lent

Colin MacIver

During Lent, Catholics abstain and fast at certain times. But the Catholic Church views every Friday (except solemnities) as a penitential day, which means we should abstain from meat or...

Fasting Isn’t Just for Lent

Colin MacIver

During Lent, Catholics abstain and fast at certain times. But the Catholic Church views every Friday (except solemnities) as a penitential day, which means we should abstain from meat or...