Scott Richert writes in “From the Chapel”: Over the last few weeks, I have mentioned on more than one occasion “The Ladder of Divine Ascent” by St. John Climacus. I read Step 28 today, a chapter on prayer. I was struck by
Scott Richert writes: Yesterday, I talked about “hitting the wall” every year in the second to last week of Lent, and that experience reminds me of St. John’s description of the workings of the noonday devil. The struggle that many of us
So here we are on the Wednesday of Passion Week 2020, and like clockwork, I've hit the wall. We’re 11 days away from Easter (barely 10 days, really, counting to the beginning of the Easter Vigil Mass). But I. Just. Can’t. Even.
The deer, I learned from St. John Climacus in “The Ladder of Divine Ascent,” was seen by Christians up through his time (the seventh century) as a symbol of virtue. Yesterday, I mentioned that one of my running routes takes me through
In the latest installment of his blog “From the Chapel,” OSV publisher Scott Richert writes: “In my three years in Huntington, I’ve become familiar with many of the family names on the tombstones, because their descendants still live here. In the past,
In today’s reading from the Gospel of John, we hear the story of Christ raising Lazarus from the dead. Martha, who does not know that Christ is about to raise her brother from the dead, responds in perfect faith: “I have come
Publisher Scott Richert writes in his "From the Chapel' post of the importance of bells during this time of social distancing. At the Easter Vigil, after weeks of Lenten Masses without the Gloria, the priest intones the opening words: "Gloria in excelsis
Scott Richert writes about Pope Francis’ extraordinary ‘urbi et orbi’ blessing, given Friday, ‘to the city and the world.’ Scott writes, I have visited St. Peter's Square at night, when it has been nearly empty. So the sight of the square during
In the latest installment of his “From the Chapel” series, OSV publisher Scott P. Richert writes that now is a perfect time to strengthen your relationship with your guardian angel, who, in this time of social distancing and self-quarantine, does not need
As the Church celebrated Mary’s fiat on the solemnity of the Annunciation, we, too can appreciate the uncertainty that she felt. As we celebrated this great feast in the midst of a Lent that is more austere than usual, we look to