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The act of baring one’s soul and sins before God was extremely important to Pio and he expected that same respect for the sacrament from those seeking absolution.
Every year on Good Friday I sit in the balcony of the campus chapel, behind a whopping oaken pillar, and I weep copiously at the sheer human pain and grace of the whole thing.
Jesus extends God’s compassion to each of us.
Here is a story close to my heart about two Secular Franciscans. When I was about 10 years old, my mother and father, devout Catholics
In reciting the Hail Mary throughout the rosary, we participate over and over again the wonder-filled response of Gabriel and Elizabeth to the mystery of Christ.
Throughout his life, Padre Pio offered himself as a sacrifice. He was willing to take on physical sufferings in order to save the souls of others.
St. Hildegard of Bingen has been called brilliant and fearless. Sister Joan explains why.
Jesus showed his friend the way from regret to healing. He can do the same for us.
When we do not surrender, it is easy for our identities to become attached to our own perceived ideals of how we think our lives should unfold.
Each of us have had periods where our faith is shaken and not as strong as we want it to be. Given all that is going on in the Church these days, it is certainly understandable.
