This time of year is usually filled with traditions: both family traditions and liturgical traditions, which shape our experience of Christmas. Traditions serve a great
I think most Catholics in the world would love to grow in their relationship with Jesus. People have a genuine desire to grow in holiness,
I’ll be honest, more often than not when I pass a homeless person or someone begging on the side of the road I give them
A reader of Ignitum Today requested an article that in some way addresses the question of what it means to be Catholic today, especially in
A parish priest from the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama, is working to raise funds for one of the two parishes he staffs. Holy Rosary
Here I am, finally sitting down to write this, write something, procrastinating once again (or just finally getting around to this, it’s a dice roll
I love holy hours. In the last year or so they have become my favorite devotion, and I try to make a holy hour as
I was in the adoration chapel and I had an urge to tweet. I was so enthralled by Fr. Robert Barron’s eloquence on the life
$30,000. 3 days. We had 3 days to raise $30,000, and I had no idea how we would pull it off. It was my senior
When it comes to revising old hymn texts, I am typically a curmudgeon. I find excision as it is usually practiced a patronizing exercise in
My husband and I are currently navigating our way through our first holiday season as a married couple. Many life lessons learned, many tears of
“This season is not about all the stuff, this season is about a promise that what God says God will do, He will do. Even
I’ve been to some beautiful weddings in some ugly churches. Either the carpet was old, the tabernacle was weird, the lighting was off, or the
Last night, my husband Will and I put our little daughter Grace to bed and had our first moments of alone time… barely, before Will had
Advent is my favorite liturgical season. I become extremely excited when Advent is coming, and love observing it by wearing my purple “Advent scarves,” painting
Bigger is always better. That’s the maxim of our culture. From our vehicles to our buildings, from our paychecks to our television screens, we are
What does it mean to have hope? I keep returning to this question in my many musings. There are, in a sense, two mistakes which
Jesus summoned his disciples and said, “My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, for they have been with me now for three days
Silence is painful. It can be torturous. At times, we can’t even comprehend how to be silent. This society allows us to reach almost any piece
I imagine angels to be like responsible teenagers asked to babysit their toddler siblings. I’m sure that my own guardian angel is often exasperated with
I like to watch things grow. Three pine trees were planted in my front yard when I was a little girl. They were so small
