VATICAN CITY (CNS) — God is a father who never ignores his children when they call to him in times of suffering, loneliness and despair, Pope Francis said. Although at times it seems that “so many of our prayers seem to have
Two years ago, Sister Susan Francois, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, had a few handsful of followers on Twitter, and no trolls. But since national secular media publications began picking up on the story that Sister Francois,
“People are looking for a little peace of mind.” A young man who came to talk to me years ago said this about himself and others. I have always remembered what he said. St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622) writes in his “Introduction
After learning that Blythe Kaufman, founder of Children’s Rosary, was filming at the nearby EWTN headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama, Nathan Wright, principal of the Diocese of Birmingham’s St. Francis Xavier School, invited her to the campus to organize a school Rosary with
So, you’re struggling with prayer and meditation and are looking for a way to wind down and escape for a moment. This is often a good thing to aspire to, but unfortunately, many well-meaning people are led to a dangerous practice that
The Benedictine monks of Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey in eastern Oklahoma will soon mark the 20th anniversary of their founding. The community lives on a remote, 1,000-acre wooded site in the Diocese of Tulsa and has prayer as its chief apostolate. As its
No matter how good, no one gets a pass. Not even a saint. The founder of the Catholic University of Milan — a priest and physician — described this saint as “an ignorant and self-mutilating psychopath who exploited people’s credulity.” But the
As the month dedicated to the Most Holy Rosary, October is one of my favorite times of the year. It’s a beautiful opportunity to rekindle one’s relationship with Jesus through the Blessed Mother by praying a daily Rosary. Many people, though, aren’t
I keep thinking that the “survival guide” to living in these times of scandal and anxiety are the sacraments, of course, and praying the Liturgy of the Hours — the prayer of the Church that priests and consecrated people pray. Then I
Forgive me, but I just have to share a Proud Mama moment with you. It happened at the bottom of the stairs in our home, when Joseph, now 14 months old, and I were standing and looking at the image of the