Holy Week should be the most important week of the year for all Christians. It should be the week in which we give of ourselves to the fullest in order to fully receive Christ during the Easter celebration. That's the ideal. However, we all know that sometimes...
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7 Characteristics Every Man Called To The Priesthood Has
In my life I’ve listened to diverse opinions about what candidates for the priesthood should be like, how they should behave before entering the seminary and how they should lead an impeccable life. Many people believe that those men who feel the call of God to the...
Online Conference: How To Let Holy Week Transform Your Life
Are you looking for a way to end Lent on a great note and welcome the Easter season with Joy? The Lanky Guys will take us on a journey through Holy Week, unpacking the Scriptures and walking with us along the steps of the Apostles to see what they saw. Even for those...
The Beautiful Language Of The Traditional Blessing Of Ashes
There's an interesting phenomenon at work in this annual, very public ritual (and it's not exclusive to Catholics; other Christians mark their foreheads with ashes to commemorate the start of Lent). While in some parts of the world it's become less common to see...
10 Non-Religious Ways To “Prove” God’s Existence (Especially For Your Atheist Friends)
Those of us who take part in an apostolate are used to looking for ways of explaining the presence of God in the easiest way possible, so that even the simplest of our friends can understand something so great. We struggle trying to understand the 5 ways of proving...
Why Couldn’t Christ Forgive Our Sins With A Smile? *Warning: Disturbing Images
I want to begin by saying that this is not an easy question. A lot has been written about this subject. I don’t mean to exhaust the richness or complexity of this theological problem that has fascinated a large part of Christian theologians-not without a headache or...
Weep, Prepare, or Rejoice: What Are We Supposed To Do On Holy Saturday?
Sandwiched between the stark drama of Good Friday and the glory of the Easter Vigil, Holy Saturday is often in danger of being skipped over. For many of us, it will be a busy day- perhaps a typical Saturday, or perhaps hectic with preparation for the Easter Vigil. It...
My Life And The Stations Of The Cross: 14 Moments With Jesus
Praying the Stations of the Cross is a devotion centered on the main events of the Passion of our Lord. If you have not yet done the Stations during the Fridays of Lent, we encourage you to take the opportunity on Good Friday. In fact, I dare say that we can...
Do You Know The 7 Final Messages Of Christ On The Cross?
There is so much to think about and reflect on during Holy Week that it can be overwhelming to know where to begin. One meditation that I have found to help draw me deeper into contemplating the Passion is the tradition of studying the 7 Last Words of Christ....
QUIZ: Which Person From The Gospel Are You This Holy Week?
"It would do us good to ask one question: Who am I? Who am I before my Lord? Where is my heart? Which of these people do I resemble most ? Who am I before Jesus who is suffering?" These are a few of the questions that Pope Francis has asked us to reflect on this...
4 Movies About The Life Of Jesus To Watch This Lent
It seems that Hollywood is starting to realize the power of the name of Jesus and is responding by creating more movies about the life of Jesus. Well, maybe. At the very least, producers have certainly realized the entertainment value of the story of His Life, Death,...
7 Psalms To Pray During Lent
The Psalms are a wonderful way to pray at any time of year because they truly echo the emotions of the heart and draw us closer to God. Since the seventh century, it has become a common spiritual practice to pray the seven penitential psalms during Lent. These psalms...
Go, Be Reconciled With Your Brother | St. Augustine
“Brethren, let no disagreement remain amongst you seeing that these are the holy days [of Lent]… Maybe you begin to say to yourselves in thought: “I want to make peace but my brother is the one who has offended me… and doesn’t want to come to terms”. What then?… In...
Without Suffering No One Wins The Crown | St. Thomas Becket
“Remember then how our fathers worked out their salvation; remember the sufferings through which the Church has grown, and the storms the ship of Peter has weathered because it has Christ on board. Remember how the crown was attained by those whose sufferings gave new...
4 Vital Lessons That Holy Week Teaches Us About Being A Christian Today
In celebrating the mysteries of Holy Week, one of the basic questions which comes to mind is, "What does it mean to be a Christian in the world today?" Many times the Christian stands out for his controversial views in the political arena. Many times he appears as...
Good Friday Explained Through 20 Images Of The Crucifixion
In this gallery, we introduce some classic works depicting the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus Christ on Good Friday. Let's see how those images help us to interpret, treasure and meditate upon the mystery of the cross, especially in these days in which we...
A Powerful Video of the Passion: Have you experienced Christ’s gaze of love?
Easter is quickly approaching and in the remaining time in Lent we ask Our Lady to lead us to her Son. My friend, Julie Rodgers, made this powerful video for a talk about authentic encounter. Clips from the Passion of the Christ show the encounters of love between...
Someone Has To Die: You Or Me
Countless religious studies indicate, time and time again, that men come to discover that something has gone wrong in their hearts. Something beyond his memory - something far in the past - went dreadfully wrong. Pain, suffering, injustice, egoism, oppression… these...
Come Awake, Come Awake! Christ Is Risen!
Happy Easter Sunday! Let this be a moment in which we renew our baptismal promises, our desire for holiness, our determination to die to sin, and our conviction that Christ gives us new life! Today's joy is much more than just a feeling, it is a new existence. It is a...
What Is The Magnitude Of God’s Love On The Cross?
Our friends at Outside da Box and Likability have once again produced an excellent video in service of the faith. "That 1 Day" helps us to understand why that fateful day so many years ago, the day in which a supposedly ordinary man died as a criminal, is so important...
You Must Lose Your Life In Order To Embrace Resurrection
An impressive video that draws an analogy between the process that the wood must undergo in order to be formed and our own process to be made into a new creation in Christ. It is Christ himself who lays down the path before us by his example on the Cross, manifesting...
“Making All Things New” Music/Video compilation of Christ’s Passion
In watching this beautiful video, one fundamental idea came to me: Christ wants my heart. All that He did and continues to do is in hopes that I will allow him to truly enter into the core of my being, to allow his life to enter into mine and to make it full, to...
Two Criminals Show Why The Crucified Jesus Is The Perfect Image Of God’s Love
Today's video speaks to us, above all, through its simplicity. The Passion of Christ, an event celebrated and remembered in so many forms, enriched with symbols, meditations, and music, was in itself very simple. The symbols were all too real: a hammer and a few...
Jesus’ Last Day And The Temptation Of Peter
Pope Francis has reminded us of a fundamental truth: there is no Christianity without the Cross. Daily, we are presented with the temptation of St. Peter: Lord, “I will follow you, but let us not speak of the Cross; I will follow you on other terms, but without the...
Holy Week Explained In 2 Minutes!
Today's video offers a brief and condensed explanation of Holy Week, a time in the liturgical calendar very rich in meaning and symbols. It is important that we continue to deepen the meaning and the reality behind these symbols. This Holy Week, we are invited to...