Ten Catholic Things that Caught My Eye Today (Countdown to St. Patrick’s Day 2015) + 1

1.

Courage! The devil entices us to give into our fears so that we can later be driven to despair by regrets.

— FrSteveGrunow (@FrSteveGrunow) March 15, 2015

2. Origen, from the Liturgy of the Hours today:

You are never to walk in darkness; the great and final day is not to enfold you in darkness. Do not let the night and mist of ignorance steal upon you. So that you may always enjoy the light of knowledge, keep always in the daylight of faith, hold fast always to the light of love and peace.

3.

We need to serve God in our neighbor. To have that relationship of love with other people. We have to be men and women of charity and mercy.

— Archbishop Gomez (@ArchbishopGomez) March 16, 2015

4.

"The spiritual life is first of all a life. It is not merely something to be known and studied, it is to be lived." ~ Thomas Merton

— Sr. Veronica Young (@sistervpaul_) March 16, 2015

5.

It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed. Deuteronomy 31:8

— Sr. Veronica Young (@sistervpaul_) March 16, 2015

6. On sin and the Internet.

7. Waking Up the World with the Joy of our Christian Consecration

8. A jubilee of mercy!

9.

A Mother's Love: Our Lady gazes at her Son crucified for our salvation https://t.co/sroHqKhVFk

— Fr Lawrence Lew OP (@LawrenceOP) March 15, 2015

10. Pope Francis: God’s love can change you.

AND: I am delighted:

"Jesus is Nailed to the Cross" Oratory Church of St. Boniface, Brooklyn @kathrynlopez #stationsofthecross pic.twitter.com/gADGyAQ6mq

— Elizabeth Scalia (@TheAnchoress) March 16, 2015

Take a picture of a station at your parish church or church you pass by on the way to work. Say a prayer for persecuted Christians while there. Tweet with the #StationsoftheCross hashtag on Friday. (More here.)