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"Francis mentioned John Paul only in passing when canonizing him in 2014. The canonization fell on the 75th birthday of Cardinal Stanis...

"Kairos is not measurable. Kairos is ontological. In kairos we are, we are fully in isness… Kairos can sometimes enter, penetrate, brea...

 The flames of mercy are burning Me. I desire to pour them out upon human souls. Oh, what pain they cause Me when they do not want to accept...

"The wounds remain because love remains. They are the visible memory of a love that did not turn back, that went to the very end. In sh...

" ….the medieval church considered 25 March to be the single most important date in history: it was both the beginning and the end of C...

Bishop Varden has made quite a splash across Catholic media, especially since he was selected to deliver the Lenten retreat to Pope Leo, and...

 Thy soul is not enchanted by the moon;      No influential comet draws thy mind      To steeps intolerable where all behind Is dark, and ma...

"Mortifications are those actions which subdue our bodily desires for comfort by denying ourselves.  The word mortification comes from ...

Enkhjin had previously visited a Protestant church and noticed its emphasis on Scripture. Yet what drew her toward Catholicism, she says, wa...

I found this excerpt at Amy Welborn's blog , and it rings true, after my climb up the Croagh Patrick during my pilgrimage to Ireland as ...

I’ve been appreciating Brené Brown’s newest book ( Strong Ground ). She names some of the paradoxes that wise and courageous leaders learn t...

Happy Catholic shares a quote that should be emblazoned as my epitaph: "I'm sure God would have created the world very differently...

This has become such an important liturgical calendar moment for me in my house. My son Ambrose in the Advent season with the candles beams ...