Lent 2014
Praying Lent: Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent
A daily meditation courtesy of Creighton Online Ministries.
Spotting all the crosses of holy week, and every week
Columnist Michelle Francl Donnay hopes the narratives of Jesus’ passion help her to see people bearing their cross. Will we help them carry their cross, and see Jesus in a thousand places?
Stations of the Cross
Catholic parishes traditionally celebrate this devotion on Fridays during Lent. CatholicPhilly.com will present this online stations of the cross each Friday for the benefit of visitors’ spiritual growth in the Lenten season.
Praying Lent: Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent
A daily meditation courtesy of Creighton Online Ministries.
Praying Lent: Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent
A daily meditation courtesy of Creighton Online Ministries.
Pope: Take up God’s offer to face life’s problems with his love, wisdom
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- People can choose either to tackle life's challenges with the loving and wise heart of God or be driven by their own passions and interests, Pope Francis said.
Our need for a little more mercy
Mercy isn't a popular word today. Revenge pervades our politics, our entertainment and our own lives. A guest writer suggests two ways we can make our actions of mercy speak to the rest of society, witnessing to the compassion that our world so desperately needs.
Praying Lent: Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
A daily meditation courtesy of Creighton Online Ministries.
Pope: God upholds his law, but he forgives, doesn’t browbeat sinners
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When Jesus forgave the adulteress, he was not questioning the sanctity of marriage; rather, he helped her recognize her sin and commanded she go in peace and sin no more, Pope Francis said.
Pope: Cross isn’t an ornament, Christianity isn’t a do-gooder’s guide
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Christianity isn't a philosophy or guide to survival, good behavior and peace, it's a relationship with a real person who died on the cross for our sins, Pope Francis said.