As the Church celebrates the feast of Our Lady of Fatima today, the McGrath Institute for Church Life is releasing a free resource: Celebrating Mary in the Month of May: A Resource for the Domestic Church.
Free Resource: Celebrating Mary in the Month of May
Topics: devotional prayer, Mary, domestic church, COVID-19 Resources, Marian devotion, May Crowning
Topics: devotional prayer, Hispanic Catholicism, Holy Week, Lent, processions
Editorial Note: This post is part of a series highlighting Lenten traditions in the Hispanic Catholic Church. Read part one here, and part two here.
Topics: devotional prayer, Hispanic Catholicism, Holy Saturday, Holy Week, Lent, processions
There are a lot of reasons why I don’t like the prescription to be “the best version of yourself,” but maybe the strongest one is that it not only ends with “yourself” but actually begins with “yourself.” It is as if there is a preset catalogue of “yourself-s” and the point is to choose the best one. Or, instead, it means something like maximizing your potential, especially spiritually. Either way, that’s the wrong image, and images shape our imaginations.
Topics: devotional prayer, saints, spirituality, New Year, New Year's resolutions
October is the month of the Rosary, and as the Church celebrates Our Lady of the Rosary today, I find myself reflecting on how this prayer has shaped my life of faith. Inevitably, my mind returns to my childhood, to praying the Rosary with my family.
Topics: devotional prayer, Mary, rosary