By Sean Mulcare. ... The journey is not easy. It will demand everything, and ultimately its destination on this earth is death to ourselves...
The Ascent to the Cross
A Symbol of Easter: Notre Dame
By Sean Mulcare. As I was watching the destruction of the Cathedral of Notre Dame - one of the most beautiful and symbolic churches of the Catholic Church, a church in which hundreds of saints have walked with awe at its beauty: Sts. Thomas Aquinas, Therese of Lisieux, Joan of Arc, John Vianney, and countless others - as the great cathedral was ablaze with fire, I was moved to tears...
Song Reflection: “Hills and Valleys” by Tauren Wells
By Bryn Rademaker. If you have ever spent time in the mountains, you have most likely had your breath taken away by the vastness and utter beauty of the view around you (or it was taken away by hiking in the altitude, let’s be real)...
Don’t be Young Mummies
By Kayla Johnson. Pope Francis recently released his latest apostolic exhortation entitled Christus Vivit or Christ Lives.
Suffering and Dictionaries
By Andrew Kreye. When I was reading the dictionary the other day, I found the word ‘suffer.’ The definition stuck out to me: “to submit or be forced to endure”.
Relationships
By CJ Kallevig. Relationships are hard. I’m just throwing it out there, relationships are really challenging. Whether they be romantic, platonic, familial, or a five-minute interaction; they are all difficult...
St. Francis: A Mission Received
By Br. Nathan Linton, OFM, Cap. When St. Francis had his conversion, most people thought he was CRAZY, including his own father. However, instead of being discouraged, he persevered in trusting the Lord and in following the specific call from Jesus in his life to draw ever nearer to God in the particular way planned for him...
Between High Horses and Pity Pits
By Elise Burns. We all know we need humility, but we don't always have a clear picture of what that looks like...
Preparing the Way
By Erich Wallace. John the Baptist was destined to be one holy dude from the get-go. His birth was foretold by an angel, and the angel said about John: “He will be great before the Lord… and he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared,” (Luke 1:15-17). Not bad, huh?...
