Sunday Edition *Updated*
A previous edition of this post stated that the fast and abstinence rules do not apply on the Feast of the Incarnation and on Maundy Thursday. After a question from a reader and further...
True Restoration
Pastoralia, Episode 3: Godparents, General Confession, and What is Permissible on Sundays
On this month’s episode of Pastoralia we will be discussing several topics that face Catholics at some point in time in their lives. We will be starting with Godparenting – how many “children” should...
Clerical Conversations, Episode 10: Sports Build Character? (Part 2)
On this month’s episode of Clerical Conversations on the Crisis, we will bring a second installment of last month’s show theme Sports Build Character? Part 1. His Excellency and Father will respond to several question...
From the Pulpit, Episode 18: Pride, Humility, and the Fear of Human Respect
On this episode of From the Pulpit, we welcome His Excellency, Bishop Robert Neville, pastor of St. Dominic Chapel in Highland, Michigan, who will deliver to us two sermons encompassing the subjects of pride, humility...
All Francis Friday
St. Thomas Aquinas Zenit publishes a translation of Francis’ latest Corriere della Sera interview in which the reporter states: “The lapse of 12 very intense months is not able to contain the great mass...
Nine Bean Rows Will I Have There
Saints Felicity and Perpetua Can you dig it? Nope. Permaculture Magazine swears you can create a productive no-dig garden in one year. Southwest Michigan’s Second Wave takes readers on a tour of Nifty Hoops...
My first Mardi Gras in Paris and Free Museum Day
No matter how long we spend prepping for it or how the Church prepares us through Septuagesima, I always feel Lent is upon me faster than I expect. I particularly enjoyed a friend’s piece...
Make it Count
Ash Wednesday “Make your goal massive and unreasonable so that you freak out a little,” advises Julien Smith in this blog post for Huffington Post, in which he recommends reading a book a week...
For We are Cleansed by Prayer
St. Casimir A Childlike Encounter with God: Writing for NLM, Peter Kwasniewski outlines a method for implementing the practice of lectio divina,otherwise known as praying with the Scriptures, during Lent and hopefully beyond. “Fr.”...
Lent and the Spirit of Sacrifice
Ed: As it is normative to have priests, not laypeople, discussing the importance of Lent, I commissioned Fr. McKenna to do an article for TR. I present this to you at the beginning of...
