March Reflection – Sacrament of reconciliation

March Reflection – Sacrament of reconciliation

Reconciliation has cleansed me dozens of times, but it has resurrected a significant relationship:  the one with my father. In 2011, I knew that I needed to reconcile with my dad – and ultimately with God — for being a distant son.  Perhaps my desire was to...
[Video] Fridays from the Heart (February 26, 2021)

[Video] Fridays from the Heart (February 26, 2021)

Cecelia Van Gompel, a University of Marquette intern for the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (USA), reflects on the Pope’s prayer intention for February, for women who are victims of violence, that they may be protected by society and have their sufferings...
Turning Lent into a season of Joy

Turning Lent into a season of Joy

How do you view Lent? Is it a long, torturous season, full of sacrifices? Nineteenth-century writer Frederick Charles Woodhouse perfectly summarizes the prevailing mood of most people in his Manual for Lent. “There is a shadowy gloom that broods over the whole season,...