It comes down to the difference between resolution and revival. Both require intentionality and effort, but grace requires some interior openness and spiritual docility, as well.
Resolution focuses on what we believe we can change. Revival is about letting God change us, in
This Christmas season, let our New Year’s resolution be to celebrate Christmas a wee bit longer than 24 hours. Have some favorite foods at meal times. Keep the tree up and continue to admire the lights and ornaments. Take a drive around
As a new year begins, Catholic leaders, speakers and authors are recommending resolutions for Catholics to consider in 2024. Many of their suggestions overlapped, and each prioritized the same thing: Drawing closer to God. The Catholics that spoke with Our Sunday Visitor
Deacon Greg Kandra, creator of “The Deacon’s Bench” blog, writes that while setting New Year’s resolutions is a good thing, in the coming year, look to Paragraph 2478 in the Catechism to truly transform your life: “To avoid rash judgment, everyone should
Happy New Year! However you welcome 2022, Deacon Greg Kandra invites you to “recognize that there are 365 days ahead of you, with bright empty pages in your calendar waiting to be filled. This is a moment of possibility. You’ve started another
In her latest column, assistant editor Ava Lalor writes about how Advent is the beginning of the new liturgical year in the Church calendar. But do we treat it that way, and should we? There is a lot that could be mistaken
As 2020 wraps up and the new year begins, what are we going to do about it? Perhaps more to the point: What are we Catholics going to do with 2021? How can we take the experience of this past year and
Happy New Year! We are grateful to God for seeing us over the threshold of a new calendar year, and we pray that 2021 will be one that will see the end of our current pandemic and the return to a somewhat
Dr. Greg Popcak invites all families to join him in making 2020 the the “Year of the Domestic Church” by discovering how to celebrate the Liturgy of Domestic Church Life. This means accepting the call of our baptism to form ourselves and
Tis the season for making our New Year’s resolutions. While some people are excellent goal setters, others get discouraged when they fall short. But, what if we approached this year with different expectations. What if, instead of asking ourselves what we want