Tag: holiness
On the path to holiness, we may not be perfect, but...
Getting everyone seated for dinner at the same time is an everyday struggle in the Jones household. Between the two adults, toddler and 9-month-old,...
When striving for holiness, it’s all about the little things
My husband's paternal grandfather often said that "life is all about the little things." It is a simple yet profound saying that has passed...
People must choose: path toward holiness or nothing, pope says
VATICAN CITY — Saints are not just the well-known men, women and young people on the liturgical calendar, Pope Francis said on the feast...
Why we ask saints for their intercession
"I want to spend my heaven in doing good on earth," said St. Therese of Lisieux, as noted in "The Final Conversations."
And so she...
A canonization’s focus on legacy and holiness
The gunman who fired the shot in El Salvador March 24, 1980, that killed San Salvador's revered Archbishop Oscar Romero while he celebrated Mass...
Living out the call to holiness
In his newest apostolic exhortation, "Gaudete et Exsultate" ("Rejoice and Be Glad"), Pope Francis offers a road map for simple ways that everyday people...
“Gaudete et Exsultate”: Holiness means being loving, not boring, pope says
VATICAN CITY -- God calls all Christians to be saints -- not plastic statues of saints, but real people who make time for prayer...