Rediscovering Catholic Traditions: Benediction and Adoration
Pat McCloskey, OFM
August 1, 2006
Benediction and adoration can provide God’s nourishment for zealous but sometimes weary disciples.
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Rediscovering Catholic Traditions: Shrines and Pilgrimages
Barbara Beckwith
July 1, 2006
For centuries, Catholics have visited places linked to Jesus, to Mary or to other saints, partly as a way of acknowledging that we are always “on pilgrimage.”
Rediscovering Catholic Traditions: Novenas
Jack Wintz, OFM
June 1, 2006
Novenas began in the early Middle Ages in Spain and France as a nine-day preparation before Christmas. The number nine represents the months Jesus lived in his mother’s womb.
Rediscovering Catholic Traditions: May Crowning
Mary Jo Dangel
May 1, 2006
May Crowning and other Marian devotions remind us to honor our heavenly Mother all year.
Rediscovering Catholic Traditions: Stations of the Cross
Jeremy Harrington, OFM
April 1, 2006
The four evangelists are the authentic source of Jesus’ last hours.
Rediscovering Catholic Traditions: Ashes and Fasting
Diane M. Houdek
March 1, 2006
There’s something very honest about ashes, a symbol acknowledging our dependence on God.
Rediscovering Catholic Traditions: Candles
Susan Hines-Brigger
February 1, 2006
Anyone who has ever visited my house can tell you that I love candles.
Rediscovering Catholic Traditions: Holy Water
Carol Ann Morrow
January 1, 2006
The ancients said everything was composed of four elements: earth, air, fire, and water. Jesus used all these elements as tools for teaching and miracle-making,
Can We Forgive 9/11?
Robert Schreiter, CPPS
September 8, 2003
Where was God when these things happened, and why did God allow them to happen? How, as a country, do we deal with the sense of violation we feel by those events, and how do we come to terms with our suffering, as individuals and as a people?
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