Walking away from darkness: The Rosary and conversion
What gets converted in conversion are all the fractured aspects of our past, present, and future.
Fr. Peter John Cameron, OP
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A soldier’s poem-prayer for Easter
Siegfried Sassoon, an author and soldier, became one of the leading “war poets” of World War I
St. John of Avila for Year of Prayer 2024
O God most loving, who are Love itself, how we wound you if we do not trust in you with all our heart. ...
St. Francis Cabrini for the Year of Prayer 2024
O my Lord! Stretch every fiber of my being, dear Lord ...
Cyprian of Antioch for the Year of Prayer 2024
Son of the living God — you have worked so many miracles ...
5 Classic texts for Lent
The more we meditate on the Passion and death of Jesus Christ, the more we can rejoice in his Resurrection at Easter.
Jesus’ 3 acts of compassion toward the leper
In just the first chapter of the Gospel of Mark, we see a type of movie trailer, a sneak preview, of all that is to come. In the case of the leper, to Christ, the sores are not the man.
What’s even more overwhelming than the leper’s misery? (Video)
In the Gospel this Sunday, we see a man who approaches Jesus with unimaginable misery.
“There is martyrdom in everything”: What to learn from St. Paul Miki
The main thing about martyrs is not that they suffer — it is that they witness. ... Let us not imagine that the shedding of blood is the only form of martyrdom; there is martyrdom in everything.
Clement of Alexandria for Year of Prayer 2024
Your steps, O Christ, are the road to heaven.
Scriptural Litany to Live the Grace of Martyrdom
When I am tempted to think I will lose out on something if I live for God, Lord Jesus remind me: Whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
This is your must-read for this year of Revival
The best way to make sense of reality is by way of the mystery of the Eucharist and everything that the Eucharist signifies
3 Compassionate choices Jesus makes in a miracle of mercy
A miracle of mercy recounted early in the Gospel of Mark is meant for us as well.
Why does Jesus, himself God, go off to pray? (Video)
Do you need a release from so many things binding us in our frantic lives?
St. Thomas Aquinas for Year of Prayer 2024
Grant, O merciful God, that I may ardently desire, carefully examine, truly know, and perfectly fulfill those things that are pleasing to you ...
How the Eucharist is a sacrifice we need
Your sacrifice on the cross put an end to all the crippling shame that has kept me closed in on myself, depressed and in darkness. Your death has set me free ...
What’s truly astonishing about Jesus isn’t his teaching
After all, the word “authority” comes from the Latin auctoritas — “what makes one grow.”
Do you think you have Jesus figured out? (Video)
Jesus offers two great ways to know and love him more.
John Henry Newman for Year of Prayer 2024
A moving prayer known as “Learning Christ” ... a poignant plea to live life in God.
The Eucharist is the only adequate way to approach our shadows
Reality is replete with challenges and enigmas and contradictions. Let us allow God's own light to make our shadows flee. St. Thomas Aquinas helps us.
