Easter in the Home
With Easter right around the corner and my children growing up fast, getting them into a proper mode of expectation for the feast day is a concern of mine. I have done what I...
Tagged: Lent
The Liturgical Year, Episode 3: Palm Sunday and Maundy Thursday
On this month’s episode of the Liturgical Year we will dive into two very important days in the Church’s calendar. First we will discuss Palm Sunday: its history, traditions, and the unfortunate changes which...
Happy St. Joseph’s Day!
It is a Double of the First Class, but it Lent, so we have muted celebrations today. We thought we would share a favorite image of the steps to the priesthood. Speaking of priests,...
On Tax Collectors and Prostitutes
This last week in the Luxembourg Gardens, my favorite large park in town, I was sitting with a friend, “taking in the sun,” as they say here, and was accusing myself of being a...
Magnum Opus: A Lenten Observation
“Mommy,” my six-year-old daughter asks me, her face shining with enthusiasm. “Can I clean up my room so I can offer up a sacrifice with Jesus?” She hangs on my answer as if she’s...
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...
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...
The Tears I Laid Before His Shrine
St. Alexander The Catholic Gentleman continues its Lent preparation series with a post on prayer, which explains how to pray in five manageable steps. Fasting in a way that is pleasing to God is...
The Liturgical Year, Episode 2: Ember Days and Ash Wednesday
On this episode of The Liturgical Year, we get ready for Lent next month, and Father will tackle two penitential feasts: the Ember Days and the start of Quadragesima itself: Ash Wednesday. Learn about this history of...
