Kathryn Lopez
An interview with The Irish Rover, from my recent visit to Notre Dame. Read more
An interview with The Irish Rover, from my recent visit to Notre Dame. Read more
From Los Angeles Archbishop Gomez: Original sin disfigured and disordered the divine image in the human person and led God to speak those sad words that we hear on Ash Wednesday: “You are dust, and to dust you shall return.” But those words point us to the promise of hope — that humanity will rise from dust to achieve the divine destiny that God intended. Dust is not our destiny and death is not the final destination of our lives.... Read more
You do not have to be a priest to find the Preacher’s Sketchbook a weekly resource. Read more
I have it on my mind this Lent, and I am not alone: Read more
Pray this Lent. Read more
Saint Catherine of Siena on “What Drew Matthew to Jesus”: Because of its rebellion against God, here are the devils, holding this sheep as their own possession. Then along comes God’s infinite goodness and sees the sheep’s sorry state, its ruin and damnation. He knows he cannot use wrath or war to entice it away from them. Supreme eternal Wisdom doesn’t want to do it that way, even though the sheep has wronged him (for humankind, by its rebellion in... Read more
All anxieties are cast away at the foot of the Cross. Christ conquered all evil on the Cross. What else is there to fear? What else is there to worry about? That’s the constant reminder, for a fervent prayer: that every Mass ought to bring us into a deeper union in this great mystery. Sin and death is a daily struggle but as long as we remember Christ never leaves us alone, as formidable of daily life may seem, He... Read more
We are never abandoned. Ever. You do not have to be Opus Dei to appreciate this work of faith in the angels: The struggle between good and evil—the sad inheritance of original sin—is a constant reality in human existence on this earth. Therefore, as an ancient prayer says, we want to ask our guardian angel: Sancti Angeli Custodes nostri, defendite nos in proelio ut non pereamus in tremendo iudicio.Holy guardian angels: defend us in battle, so that we do not perish... Read more
Resisting Christ, sounds like a plan. Read more
40 days is a start. Read more
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