At the beginning of 2021, we find ourselves amid a great pandemic from COVID-19. Thousands of persons from every country in the world have lost their lives or have become severely impaired and unable to carry on with the life they had known before their illness. ...
Listen to this Lenten presentation by Sister Anna Marie McGuan, RSM, of St Andrew's Convent in Edinburgh of the Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma, Michigan. Organized by the Catechetics Commission of the Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh, this is the first...
Every year Christians should consider how they may grow closer to the Lord during the time of Lent. While the grace to even desire conversion first comes from the Lord drawing us to Himself, many times individuals will consider different practices to help turn their...
February 11, 2021 commemorates the 29th World Day of the Sick and the celebration of Our Lady of Lourdes. The Gospel chosen for the day is from the Gospel according to John. It is the account of the miracle of the wedding feast of Cana in which Mary tells the...
You may have heard about the 5-2-1-0 strategy[1], especially if you work with children or care for a child or grandchild. It is a wonderful tactic developed to reduce obesity in children, and there is easy-to-read information on several states’ health websites. Here,...
February is Heart Awareness Month. Heart healthy living may be promoted by eating a healthy diet and getting plenty of physical exercise. This is true for everyone. Some people also have family histories of heart disease or genetic pre-disposition for heart...
Sclerokardia is a condition of hardness of heart. The word sclero, from the Greek, means “hard”. We use this word in English for medical terms like arteriosclerosis or atherosclerosis referred to “hardening of the arteries” or scleroderma, which is a condition that...
Listen to Panis Angelicus written by Saint Thomas Aquinas, written before 1274 for the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ – often called Corpus Christi or Corpus Domini– as the Matins hymn for the Liturgy of the Hours. [i] Bread of Angels, made the bread of...
Listen to O Sacrum Convivium: O sacrum convivium, in quo Christus sumitur; recolitur memoria passionis ejus; mens impletur gratia; et futurae gloriae nobis pignus datur. (Alleluia) Panem de caelo praestitisti eis Omnem delectamentum in se habentem. English...
I think it safe to say that many people all over the world have found the year 2020 to be difficult and trying. Some have experienced profound losses, including the death of a loved one. Governments attempting to cope with the pandemic have found it difficult and...