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The Liturgical Season of Advent »
The liturgical season of Advent marks the time of spiritual preparation by the faithful before Christmas. It spans four Sundays and four weeks of preparation, although the last week of Advent is usually truncated because of when Christmas falls.
Learning to Love the Blessed Mother »
Everyone knows that one of the leading causes of conflict in marriage is money. In some cases, the conflict is over legitimate expenditures like healthcare or education. But in many cases spouses fight over things that don’t really matter.
Recently, I woke up to a beautiful music, the slow Apala music by a Nigerian legend, Ayinla Omo Wura (Ayinla the son of Wura) and I thought to myself, "What a legacy."
Have you ever been so focused on achieving your goals that you’ve run people over in the process? I sure have. In today’s workplaces, it’s more important than ever to meet our goals, and we’re under lots of pressure to be productive and efficient.
Getting it Right-The Foundation of Friendship »
I write this post to help parents raise their teenagers to be virtuous adults. I share this post with the hopes of helping them raise their children by adding a few thoughts that have come to me.
One day I decided to quit. I quit my job, my relationship, my spirituality. I wanted to quit my life. I went to the woods to have one last talk with God. “God”, I said.”Can you give me one good reason not to quit?”
Saint Josephine Bakhita »
Feast Day: February 8
Patron Saint Of: Sudan
Saint Josephine Margaret Bakhita was born around 1869 in the village of Olgossa in the Darfur region of Sudan. She was a member of the Daju people and her uncle was a tribal chief. Due to her family lineage, she grew up happy and relatively prosperous, saying that as a child, she did not know suffering.
Catholics Must Fast More Intensely This Lent»
The Norbertine Canons of St. Michael's Abbey have created this digital Lenten retreat so that you can journey through this holy season alongside them. If you want to have one of your best Lenten seasons yet, join us in our Lenten Program "The Great Fast" - https://theabbotscircle.com/the-great-fast-join
When Your Faith Is Put to the Test - Bishop Barron's Sunday Sermon»
Friends, we come now to the Second Sunday of Lent, and we’re on both dangerous and very holy ground with the first reading from the twenty-second chapter of Genesis. The ancient Israelites referred to it as the “Akedah,” which means the “binding”: Abraham binds and is ready to sacrifice Isaac at God’s command.
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