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How to Explain Your Ashes: 3 Methods

Feb 26, 2017 by Laura Jean Rabiipour

Have you ever been asked about your Ash Wednesday ashes? During the Ash Wednesday service our foreheads are adorned with ashes followed by the words: "For you are dust, An … Read more

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Lenten Season 101: A Guide for Everything You Need to Know

Feb 25, 2017 by Gretchen Filz

Lent is the time of spiritual preparation prior to the Easter season, just as Advent is for Christmas. Jesus taught us clearly that there is no resurrection without the Cross, a … Read more

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How Can We Learn to Listen to God's Answer to Our Prayers?

Feb 24, 2017 by Gretchen Filz

Prayer is not easy, and neither is coming to understand when and how God may be answering our prayers. My two big pieces advice:1) Remember what God has already done for you (in th … Read more

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A Guide to 4 Popular Devotional Tools for Lent

Feb 22, 2017 by Gretchen Filz

Christmas and Easter are the two principle feasts of the liturgical year. On Christmas our Savior was born, and on Easter, the Church's most important feast, our Savior accom … Read more

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Lent Is Our Chance For A Spiritual Tune Up

Feb 21, 2017 by Whitney Hetzel

I recently dropped off my car off for service. A maintenance light had been nagging me for at least a month, so I finally did something about it. $880 later, I drove away with my … Read more

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What Happened to Francisco & Jacinta Marto After Fatima

Feb 20, 2017 by Gretchen Filz

St. Francisco (1908-1919) and St. Jacinta Marto (1910–1920) were siblings and the youngest of the three shepherd children, who, along with their cousin, Lucia Santos, witnesse … Read more

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Four Tips on How to Put Faith into Practice by St. Bernadette of Lourdes

Feb 20, 2017 by Gretchen Filz

"Put faith into practice by thinking on these four truths:God is always present;Nothing happens without His permission or outside of His will;Anything we do to others we do to Him; … Read more

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Anticipating Lent: Your Pre-Lent Pep Talk

Feb 15, 2017 by Laura Jean Rabiipour

Lent is fast approaching and Catholics across the world will soon gather in solidarity on Ash Wednesday to embark on the forty day journey into the proverbial wilderness of self-de … Read more

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St. Valentine and the Age of Courtly Love

Feb 14, 2017 by Gretchen Filz

Calling all lovers! Rejoiceth in love, all affianced couples, married couples, and young people, for this beith thy day!February 14th is the traditional day of celebration for … Read more

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Three Points on the Spiritual Life by St. Catherine de Ricci: 1) Detach, 2) Direct, 3) Accomplish

Feb 13, 2017 by Gretchen Filz

St. Catherine de Ricci (1522-1590, feast day February 13th) was a Dominican nun born in Florence, Italy. She was a great mystic with an intense devotion to the sufferings … Read more

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The Story of St. Bernadette and Our Lady of Lourdes

Feb 10, 2017 by Gretchen Filz

February 11 is the feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes, one of the most famous apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary that took place in southern France. On this day in 1858 a young, … Read more

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Oldest Known Icons of Apostles Peter & Paul Discovered in Roman Catacombs

Feb 07, 2017 by Gretchen Filz

An archaeological dig in Rome recently uncovered the earliest-known icons of the Apostles Peter, Paul, Andrew, and John. Yes, the early Church venerated the saints! From Fox News:R … Read more