Praying the Psalms
We are pleased to share an excerpt from Dr. James L. Papandrea’s book “Praying the Psalms: The Divine Gateway to Lectio Divina and Contemplative Prayer”
We are pleased to share an excerpt from Dr. James L. Papandrea’s book “Praying the Psalms: The Divine Gateway to Lectio Divina and Contemplative Prayer”
The Our Father or the Lord’s Prayer is the one prayer that all people of Christian belief have in common. This is a familial prayer
Today let’s take up a thorny question that I am often asked – can people in Purgatory communicate with us? In other words, are ghosts
One day a few years ago, I had just finished Mass when a parent of one of our youth group kids came up to me.
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I can’t wait until Camilla and I are married… because she will finally stop paying rent, come live with me, and we’ll be able to
According to Aquinas, the sin of pride is always rooted in the proposition of a lie that generates a fear. So in order to address
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I wrote this in my journal a while back, and thought I’d share. It might be a poem–I’m not sure. Saint Cecilia was obviously here!
In browsing through the latest headlines—and skimming the articles underneath them—I get the impression that the culture wars are anything but cooling down. Despite reports
“From the beginning the Church has honored the memory of the dead and offered prayers in suffrage for them, above all the Eucharistic sacrifice, so
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In the opening collect for the Memorial of St. Charles Borromeo, the Church prayed, “Preserve in the midst of your people, we ask, O Lord,
Why should we pray for the souls in purgatory if we know they’ll go to heaven? I heard this question posed at a recent Theology
This is a day in which we remember the thousands of canonized saints who made it – men and women, boys and girls just like
Photo Credit: http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=26899 I never had a clear position on whether Catholics can celebrate Halloween. On the one hand, most Halloween parties I have
The Jesse Tree Grows Up In New Advent Series from the Augustine Institute Rediscover the rich Catholic tradition of the Jesse Tree in “Rooted” on
Over the course of the past month, I have embarked on an intense spiritual retreat. I have often written about how the Lord has blessed
Sacred music is “that which, being created for the celebration of divine worship, is endowed with a certain holy sincerity of form,” according to the