I’ve decided that I need to focus on finding satisfaction with what is instead of focusing on how things ought to be. I’m not giving up my hope that the ideal may someday be realized, but I’ve decided that a work in progress and any movement toward the ideal is still worth celebrating.
I look to Jesus...
Today’s guest blogger is Martha Lyles, co-author of the book “Answer Your Call,” from Servant Books. This post originally was published on HuffingtonPost.com.
Two years ago a routine mammogram led to the diagnosis that changed my life: cancer.
The 10-day wait from scheduling that biopsy to...
Back in 1986 Servant Books first published a United States edition of The Catholic Prayer Book. It was designed to be an all-purpose prayer book for every situation. It included prayers for Mass and the sacraments, prayers for good times and bad, and prayers for families, for the Church, for work and for...
I have prayed the Liturgy of the Hours for years. When I joined the Franciscans in 1966, the Divine Office was all in Latin. We novices struggled to pronounce the Latin words, much less pray them. Switching to English was long overdue. Now we have a great explanation of the development of this official...
Upon hearing the phrase, “Bless me, Father, for I have sinned,” many Catholics of all ages know in an instant that these words signal the beginning of confession.
Yet millions of Catholics haven’t participated in the Sacrament of Reconciliation in years, and many of those because they don’t...
With this blog, I offer my reflections on the Sorrowful Mysteries. They logically follow the final Luminous Mystery, namely, the Eucharist—the meal Jesus shared with his disciples shortly before his crucifixion.
The Five Sorrowful Mysteries
1. The Agony in the Garden. Christ’s agony becomes more severe...
