Tag: spirituality

Children’s Eucharistic Holy Hour

Thanks to Esther for this reminder: 7th Annual Worldwide Children’s Eucharistic Holy Hour First Friday, October 2, 2009 Join in and unite the prayers of the children in…

Expect a miracle!

HOMILY GRITS: I Believe in Miracles: Is the Age of Miracles over? If it is, you can’t prove it by me. My life has been full of miracles…

Family Catechism – online and interactive

The Apostolate for Family Consecration recently launched a new website: Familycatechism.com. Online and interactive, this site is designed to help you and you family discover and share the…

Lenten reading: Holiness for Housewives

Holiness for Housewives, by Dom Hubert Van Zeller, is one of my favorite books. It was written specifically for “women living in the world, who, although burdened with…

First Communion Banners

When my oldest daughter made her First Communion we wanted to do something special for the priest, who was a close family friend. We decided to make a…

Say the Prayer, Do the Act, Join the Pact!

“. . . I would like for us to pledge a pact that knows no earthly boundaries or temporal limits: union in prayer.” — Blessed Pier Giorgio Pier…

Prayer and the Grace of God

From the Catholic Education Resource Center: Prayer and the Grace of God by Father John A. Hardon, S.J. The popular understanding of prayer as asking for God’s help…

Particular Examen on the Theological Virtues

by Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Before applying the particular examen to my own spiritual life, it is well to first ask myself, “What are the virtues that…