Each day at 9:00 p.m., numerous Poles become spiritually united through the prayer unique for the shrine of Jasna Góra. Dec. 8 marks the 70th anniversary of praying the Call of Jasna Góra daily at Poland's most famous Marian shrine, home to
Anyone who says Evening Prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours regularly recites the Magnificat from the first chapter of the Gospel of Luke. Named for its first word in Latin, this canticle is one of only four places in the Gospels
Black Friday 2022 was the biggest we’ve ever seen in America. According to the National Retail Federation, more than 196 million Americans shopped in stores or online from Thanksgiving Day to Cyber Monday last year. The tragedy is that our thirst for
Too many of us worry too much about how others see us and little about how the Lord sees us. Perhaps it is easier to occupy ourselves with concerns over the gaze of other people because we can see their eyes looking
In the month of November, beginning with the twin feasts of All Saints and All Souls, Catholics mark a special devotion to the faithful departed. As we approach the end of the liturgical year, we contemplate our own end and pray for
Without really meaning to, Simcha Fisher seems to have adopted adoration as a mainstay of her spiritual life. She writes: “It’s the thing I keep coming back to in all seasons, and I’ve done so since I was in college, and I
Catholics of a certain age will remember reciting a set of prayers after Mass called the Leonine Prayers. Among them was the Prayer to St. Michael. The practice was suppressed in 1965 as part of the reform of the liturgy following the
Isabel Vaughan-Spruce was arrested in March outside a British Pregnancy Advisory Services clinic in Birmingham by two uniformed officers from West Midlands Police and has finally received notification that she will not be prosecuted.
In a video of the arrest, an officer is
A reader asks, “If God knows the date I will die, is there any need to pray for healing? The same question can be asked about praying for others to be healed.” Monsignor Charles Pope explains how God is outside of time:
When was the last time you gazed upon a crucifix and slowly and meditatively prayed the Our Father? OSV Publisher Scott Richert recalls how “my understanding of the connection between the sacrifice before my eyes and the sacrament we celebrate on the