
Why the World Needs Lent
Looking for a solution to the world’s problems? Read “The Life of Moses” by St. Gregory of Nyssa for Lent and discover his spiritual answer to practical problems.
Read More…Come to the water! (Is. 55:1)
Looking for a solution to the world’s problems? Read “The Life of Moses” by St. Gregory of Nyssa for Lent and discover his spiritual answer to practical problems.
Read More…A devout Christian is ready for anything, including coronavirus. And I don’t mean by that statement that he has a stockpile of toilet paper and tuna fish. What I do mean is that the Christian is spiritually prepared. And Lent is a season of preparation. Many say that it is a preparation for Easter, and […]
Read More…[Above photo: Kylemore Benedictine Abbey] Prayer, Fasting, & Almsgiving From the beginning of the NewWalden project, it was always my intention to create a space that could serve as a virtual spiritual retreat. Hence, the name Walden, the famous retreat spot of a quite famous American. Hence, also, the large banners depicting idyllic, pastoral water […]
Read More…As I was looking online for resources about the fasting laws, I came across some good information on the website of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. It pertains to Holy Saturday: If possible, the fast on Good Friday is continued until the Easter Vigil (on Holy Saturday night) as the “paschal fast” to […]
Read More…No, really, I’m serious. Whenever I read the lives of the saints, I am always so blown away by their heroic virtue. (I’m convinced there’s just no other word for it—HEROIC VIRTUE.) In one of the children’s books on St. Dominic that I read to my kids, it tells how young Dominic, at the tender […]
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