Purgatory on Earth?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 16, 2020
I read somewhere a theory that after death we live our lives over again to see the sins we committed, the people we hurt, and that impact on others. At my advanced age, I am constantly recalling various times in ...
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Pie Day: Louisiana’s Lenten Custom
Kathryn Begnaud
May 15, 2020
It was Louisiana Sweet Dough Pie, and it is served only once a year—on Good Friday.
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Following Christ to Calvary
Rev. Alfred A. McBride
May 15, 2020
When I look at the unfair judgments endured by Jesus for our salvation, I think of the judgments I have made in my lifetime.
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Wendell Berry on Humility
Ragan Sutterfield
May 15, 2020
When I was young, my family took a trip to the Epcot Center at Disney World.
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Letting the Eucharist Work in Us
Barbara Beckwith
May 15, 2020
Sister Holda, my Franciscan sixth-grade teacher at St. Peter’s in Skokie, Illinois, made all of us memorize Anima Christi.
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Pope Francis’ Prayer to Mary