Entries for 2022

March 19th, 2022 Source St. Joseph was an ordinary sort of man on whom God relied to do great things.  He did exactly what the Lord wanted him to do, in each and every event that went to make up his life. – St. Josemaria Escriva Recently, I have been growing in devotion to ...

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Source: Catholic East Texas Online By: Susan Fox These words are a lifeline to a woman who hears them at a Project Rachel retreat after suffering, sometimes as long as decades, from the grief of abortion. Project Rachel offers an encounter with Christ for women grieving an abortion.  Loo...

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Source: The Catholic Diocese of Tyler LENT:  Fast + Pray + Give Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. It’s a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord’s Resurrection at Easter. During Len...

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Source: Catholic Online St. Joseph Facts: Feastday: March 19 Parton: of the Universe Church, unborn children, fathers, workers, travelers, immigrants, and a happy dealth Dealth: 18 Everything we know about the husband of Mary and the foster father of Jesus comes from Scripture and that h...

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Source: National Catholic Register By: Justin McCLain Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, pray for fathers! This past May, in anticipation of Mothers’ Day, I wrote a piece called “The Virgin Mary and the Necessity of Mothers.” Hence, it was only fitting that I write a fo...

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Source: ewtn The field of St. Patrick's labors was the most remote part of the then known world. The seed he planted in faraway Ireland, which before his time was largely pagan, bore a rich harvest: whole colonies of saints and missionaries were to rise up after him to serve the Irish Church ...

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Source: Catholic East Texas By: Margaret Mone After 39 Years of Marriage, Widower and Doctor Enters the Priesthood “You will never guess what happened to me on my way here,” Fr. Lawrence Love said to his intrigued hosts, parishioners of his parish at St. Peter the Apostle in Mineo...

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By: Michael Monshau, OP Source Michael Monshau, OP Professor of Liturgy, Homiletics and Spirituality at the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas, in Rome Drawing strength from a shared experience Do you need Lent this year or are you planning on doing without it, or don't y...

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By: JD Flynn Source Most Catholics, even those who don't often go to Mass, know that Lent is a time for Friday Fish Fries and "giving something up." But many Catholics wonder what exactly the Church requires during Lent, and why. Here are a few points that might help you ha...

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By: Michael Johnston Source When I talk to my high school students about marriage, I lay out overlapping ideas which build upon each other. The first idea is that marriage is essential to civilization; this highlights the natural aspect of marriage. The second idea is that there is more to our r...

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