It’s not the failures that count. Rather, what counts is the repenting and getting back up to live a life transformed by Christ.
Catholic newspaper reporter offers tips for a meaningful Lent
Ash Wednesday: Ancient tradition still thrives in modern times
Almost half of adult Catholics, 45 percent, typically receive ashes — made from the burned and blessed palms of the previous year’s Palm Sunday — at Ash Wednesday services, according to the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University.
Spiritual, literary writers offer food for reflection, renewal
By Ann Jonas For The Visitor Lent is a time for reflection, holy reading and spiritual growth. Here are three books that are great resources for […]
Strive to be an ambassador for Christ this Lenten season
Q: Every year as Lent approaches I think about what I should be doing during this holy season, maybe something new. Do you have any suggestions? […]
Evangelizing through the good
Moral rectitude, the concrete living out of the Christian way, especially when it is done in an heroic manner, can move even the most hardened unbeliever to faith, and the truth of this principle has been proven again and again over the centuries.
Father Kenneth Doyle: Shopping on Sunday? / Mixed marriage long ago
Q: Genesis 2:3 says that, after creating the universe, God “rested from all the work he had done.” Since the church has always viewed the seventh […]
Sunday Scripture readings: Feb. 26, 2017
First reading: Isaiah 49:14-15; Second reading: 1 Corinthians 4:1-5; Gospel: Matthew 6:24-34
Help a neighbor, visit grandparents as part of Lent, pastor suggests
“Lent, as a penitential season, has been a teacher for thousands of years of the fruitfulness of self-discipline,” Sister Esther Mary Nickel, associate director of the Sioux City Diocese’s Office of Worship, said. “It is a fruitfulness that flourishes in a deeper love of God, which pours out also into love of neighbor.”