Articles in 'Prayers & Devotionals'
It's all about Jesus!
It's all about Jesus!
By Kathy Lamb
It’s all about Jesus! That’s the answer I gave to my former professor, Price Allen now email friend, when he expressed concerns about my brother Ron moving from one religion, Jehovah Witness to another religion, the Catholic Church.
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Poetry: Veni Ad Crucem Christi
Poetry: Veni Ad Crucem Christi
By Bridget Colombini
I stumble into the chapel and sit at your feet with a heart full of turmoil. I look at your heart, open out of love for me, and I long. I sit here and I dream to love another, to give the gift of self to another. Yet with this desire, I must wait. For there is none to take my soul.
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No Plateaus In the Spiritual Life
No Plateaus In the Spiritual Life
By Lindsey Kettner
You may have heard it said that there are no plateaus in the spiritual life, that at any given moment you are moving closer or further away from God, but never remaining in the same place. Others have said that the spiritual journey is a series of valleys and mountains; you’re either moving up or moving down.
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Say Two Words and You'll Never Go to Hell
Say Two Words and You'll Never Go to Hell
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
A priest, questioning the First Communion class prior to their first confession, asked, "What's the first thing you must do to get your sins forgiven?" Little Tommy blurted out his answer with enthusiastic but naive conviction: "The first thing ya gotta do is go out and commit some sins!"
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Justice
Justice
By Linda Kracht
We all realize that justice is a good thing. And it is needed in everyday matters. But can we promote justice if we are not sure what justice is within the social, criminal, or even international justice contexts?
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Remaining Open to The Holy Spirit
Remaining Open to The Holy Spirit
By Frank J. Maduri
The arrival of Pentecost Sunday shifted the Liturgical Calendar away from the joy of the Easter season. However, the beauty of the Catholic faith is that with the end of the Easter season comes the renewal of The Holy Spirit in the celebration of Pentecost.
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Youth Retreats
Youth Retreats
By Brandon Berryhill
Hello my name is Brandon and I use the pen name The Traveling Shepherd to record and share the diversity and depth of the Catholic Church. The past two weekends I've been fortunate to attend two different youth retreats in the Diocese of Charlotte.
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50 Days- Alleluia Is Our Cry!
50 Days- Alleluia Is Our Cry!
By Dr. Lin Weeks Wilder
“We are an Easter people and Alleluia is our cry,” wrote St. Augustine over 1500 years ago. Pentecost, fifty days of joyful celebration of the Resurrection of Christ ended at Pentecost. Then the liturgy of the Christian Church returns to ‘ordinary time.’
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Happy Birthday, Church!
Happy Birthday, Church!
By Dianne Marie
When we celebrated the Feast of Pentecost. We wore red to signify the tongues of fire that descended upon the apostles. We also got to sing a sequence. The sequence is only required on certain feasts, Pentecost being one of them. The sequence is used to increase the solemnity of the feast, while allowing us to further explore the celebration. Think of it as extra frosting of our already delicious
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Grow With Good News Ministries
Grow With Good News Ministries
By Carol Ann Chybowski
I remember back in the early days of my desire to grow in love of God and in knowledge of His word. One of the first steps I took was reading the daily Mass readings that were listed in the parish bulletin (I could not attend daily Mass at that time because of my work and caregiving schedule).
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False Peace – What Is That?
False Peace – What Is That?
By Catherine M. J. Mary Evans
Being About Peace -- On the day I became a secular final oblate of St. Benedict in 2014, the monks and oblates greeted me with their congratulations. Some of us said Pax to each other which is Latin for peace. The Pax greeting has been used for about 1500 years by the Benedictine brothers. So I wonder about the meaning when I say peace.
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A Walk by Faith
A Walk by Faith
By Carleigh Lutz
A walk by faith is probably one of the most difficult tasks we, as humans, are asked to do. I frequently like to use the analogy of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, when Bilbo Baggins is in the Lonely Mountain and can see absolutely nothing. It’s a blind walk, with evil lurking in every corner. Now bring it through a new lens, and suddenly it’s the very earth we on which we walk.
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Be Peaceful
Be Peaceful
By Dennis McIntyre
Before I start, let me openly acknowledge that I come from long line of worriers. My mom was the type of person who if she had nothing to worry about would be worried that she didn’t know what to worry about. This was one of the many gifts she passed on to her son who then took the torch and ran with it. Trust me when I say that I know what stress is and what it can do to a person.
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Professor Allen and Jesus
Professor Allen and Jesus
By Kathy Lamb
I was disturbed by my train of thought this evening as I drove my mother-in-law to the emergency room. I thought, “How can this intelligent, gifted, man hide truths from himself? Is it because he must reconcile what he believes to be true with what he questions in his studies?” I’ve been having heartache over some of the teachings of my professor, *Reverend Price Allen.
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What Loneliness Can Teach Us about God
What Loneliness Can Teach Us about God
By Katie Zalany
God wants nothing more than to remove everything that gets in the way of Him filling us up with His love and peace. Sometimes, this means letting go of someone or something we hold close to be filled with new life and bear greater fruit.
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Jesus Will Carry Us as He Carries an Injured Lamb
Jesus Will Carry Us as He Carries an Injured Lamb
By Kathy Lamb
Some people don’t believe in God because they can’t understand how a loving, compassionate God could allow suffering. Along with my desire to tell them about God I want to talk to them about the matter of suffering.
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King Solomon and Our Lady: Parallel Stories
King Solomon and Our Lady: Parallel Stories
By Andree Ory
I appreciate the symmetry of parallels: the ones found in nature or man-made…from the parallel stripes on a tiger to the parallel stripes of a spiral staircase. In my life and my best friends’ lives, many times, we go through parallel situations.
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