Gretchen Crowe reflects on a Facebook post she recently saw: “The post shared the story of a little boy who was struggling, an 8-year-old who needed a break, needed a hug, and needed just to be reassured of a parent’s love. The
As Ash Wednesday approaches, many Catholics are deciding what they might give up for Lent. In his latest column, Monsignor Owen Campion looks at this tradition of sacrificing during Lent. He writes: ““Giving up” something at Lent had several very good purposes,
Columnist David Mills writes about how Christians are called to experience pleasure — and how by denying ourselves some of these pleasures during Lent, we can appreciate them all the more come Easter Sunday. Using the examples of Hugh Heffner and C.S.
Our Sunday Visitor contributing editor Russell Shaw explores why many Catholics who have fallen away from the Church return on Ash Wednesday. He writes that many long to hear the truth in the words: “Remember, you are dust, and to dust you
Assistant editor Ava Lalor shares how a conversation with a priest about the homeless in their community has led her to take seriously how to give alms this Lenten season: “During the season of Lent, we are called to do three things
Every year around this time Catholics ask the same question: “What will I do for Lent?” We know our Lenten practice should be spiritually enriching. We know it should be a sacrifice. However, we might be tempted to take on a commitment
Christians must persevere in generously doing good in the world, bolstered by prayer and by fighting evil in their own lives, including an addiction to digital media, Pope Francis said.
"Lent is a propitious time to resist these temptations and to cultivate instead
Managing editor Scott Warden shares how his family has approached Lent in the past: “Up until last year, we mandated both the family and individual fasts. Last Lent, though, we thought that letting the kids choose their own sacrifices might give them
There is an expectation among many Catholics that when the liturgical season of Lent rolls around, each of us will flip a switch and finally — blessedly — become the disciples Christ is calling us to be: dedicated and devout, selfless and
For the past three years, Gretchen Crowe has been immersed in an extraordinary, yet daunting, task: telling the story of Rachel Muha and her son, Brian, who, along with his roommate, Aaron, were kidnapped and murdered during college. But, as Crowe writes,