Sometimes we need to do a little "house cleaning" for God's love to flood into our hearts. God loves us, but we aren’t always ready for his love. Many…
The "Seven Fridays" devotion recalls Jesus passion on each Friday of Lent. Over the centuries the Church has developed numerous devotions that anyone can engage in during Lent. Besides…
Lent is the perfect time to practice silence, especially in our daily conversations on social media. During Lent, we look to Jesus’ Passion and death for inspiration on how…
With their feast days in March, they can help us go higher in this time of preparation for Easter. Our liturgical calendar is filled with saints who lived colorful…
The Latin Rite is just one of many liturgical expressions of Catholicism. In the United States we tend to equate being “Catholic” with being “Roman Catholic.” We may…
Dear Jesus, help me to spread Thy fragrance everywhere I go. Flood my soul with Thy spirit and love. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my…
The legacy of Fr. McGivney is the organization he founded – the Knights of Columbus. But beatification recognizes how he lived. This weekend, there will be six US…
Saint Elizabeth Seton, you knew the beauty of all human life when you carried a child in your womb and when, as a young widow, a teacher, and founder of…
Pope Francis Wednesday advanced the sainthood causes of nine men and women, including two Lebanese priests martyred under the Ottoman Empire. Fr. Leonard Melki and Fr. Thomas Saleh were Capuchin…
Dearest Lord, make us remember, when the world is cold and dreary, and we know not where to turn for comfort, that there is always one spot bright and cheerful—the…
Renovation of historic church gives visitors a feel for what it was like when Knights of Columbus founder lived there. After a basketball-sized chunk of plaster came crashing…
Queen of Heaven, sovereign Mistress of the Angels, who didst receive from the beginning the mission and the power to crush the serpent’s head, we beseech thee to send thy…
The Valley of the Fallen is a monumental complex near Madrid which includes an abbey and basilica, and which honors the fallen of both sides during the Spanish civil war.…
O blessed Archangel Gabriel, we beseech thee, do thou intercede for us at the throne of divine mercy in our present necessities, that as thou didst announce to Mary the…