A Key to God’s Heart by Echo Lewis
Look toward Him and be radiant. Psalm 34 *** In the days of the Desert Fathers, the elderly Abba Zosima visited a monastery near the Jordan River....
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Mar
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Mar
Combermere Diary by Paulette Curran
The last time I wrote this column, we were still in the midst of the Christmas Season. The celebrations were gradually tapering down—well, not completely....
19
Mar
Seeing is Being by Fr. Denis Lemieux
In the constant anomalies of the Restoration publication schedule, I am writing this March article, which will reach you in Lent, on January 3. Christmas is...
Desert Experience by Sister Andrea Wild, Fr. Bob Wild’s twin sister
Wish not to anyone a WONDERFUL desert experience. ‘Tis a contradiction in terms, a misnomer, like square circles and finite gods and diet doughnuts. Rather, shift the emphasis– though you have only my word — to...
We Need Silence by Catherine Doherty
It seems to me, as I sit by my window at eventide, that what we need is a true encounter with our Brother, Jesus Christ. We...
Fasting by Catherine Doherty
Lent is so very difficult, because it is a time in which we face ourselves, and facing ourselves we discover many things about ourselves, among...
A Matter of Life or Death by Catherine Doherty
This was written before the time of the electronic media. How much more true is its message now! Media today permeates our whole life. If it...
Is She Coming by Veronica Dudych
dudych No, I don’t see her yet . . . Well, maybe later . . . I hope she’s all right; that money won’t last forever. Is she spending it...
Worth the Risk? by Cheryl Ann Smith
In the early hours of the morning in the emergency department of the hospital, I was shivering with shock. But when the hot and heavy...
05
Mar
What Is the Focus of Your Life? by Pope Francis
Blow the trumpet … sanctify a fast (Joel 2:15), says the prophet in the first reading [on Ash Wednesday]. Lent opens with a piercing sound,...