Lent. Food. Sacrifice. 40 days. Hunger.
These are all words we encounter in our conversations around this liturgical season. The act and ability to participate in Lent shifts dramatically over the course of a person's lifetime.
From being "forced" by parents...
Our Lenten Journey, March 11, 2019
Quotes of the Day:
“Today you are being called to commit yourselves in this way: accepting to follow Christ, you proclaim that the way of perfect love passes through the total and constant gift of...
I used to think that fasting was worthless. I would find reasons to excuse myself from the obligatory Lenten practice: low blood sugar, anemia, etc. While true, these weren't the reasons I wasn't fasting. I couldn't understand how depriving...
Our Lenten Journey, March 10, 2019
Quotes of the Day:
"The only way to win audiences is to tell people about the life and death of Christ. Every other approach is a waste."
— Venerable Fulton Sheen
"The minute you walk outside of...
Our Lenten Journey, March 9, 2019
Quotes of the Day:
“Far better it is for you to say: "I am a sinner," than to say: "I have no need of religion." The empty can be filled, but the self-intoxicated have no...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Maryland House of Delegates approved a bill March 7 to legalize physician-assisted suicide.
The bill, which passed with a 74-66 vote, would allow adults with six or less months to live to obtain a prescription for...
WILMINGTON – A group of sixth- through eighth-graders at St. John the Beloved School have gone above and beyond their regular school work in the name of history.
On a February day, the sixth-graders’ National History Day projects were on...
ALBANY, N.Y. -- The New York State Catholic Conference called on the state's legislators to reject any proposal that would legalize recreational marijuana use.
The conference warned that the state was rushing to approve a measure that Gov. Andrew Cuomo...
It has been a hard winter in my part of the Midwest. Frigid temperatures, higher than normal snowfall, blustery Plains winds.
One Saturday, a blizzard closed the interstate highway for miles as trucks jackknifed and visibility shrunk. The snow attacked...