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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 ...

 

 I cannot chant the angels’ hymn As did the hosts of seraphim. I cannot even cross the wild As shepherds did, to find the Child. I cannot sh...

In this crucifix in the reconciliation chapel at the Shrine in Knock, Ireland, I noticed the depiction of St.John the Beloved, reaching out ...

There's something evocative about this Christmas tree, as imagined by Salvador Dali. This would be a greeting card I could mail to a gri...

 Joseph, our certain hope below,      Glory of earth and heaven, Thou pillar of the world, to thee      Be praise immortal given. Thou as sa...