Автор: Dave Nodar, Father Erik Arnold, Ally Ascosi
“…it is so beautiful to follow Jesus, to walk in the footsteps of Jesus, that you then find balance and move forward.” – Pope Francis Walking in the footsteps of Jesus is a nice image, one which we aspire to as Christians. We go to mass, we pray, but we feel like there is more we could be doing and aren’t sure what next steps to take. In Following Christ: Developing the Practices of an Intentional Disciple , authors Dave Nodar, Fr. Erik Arn ...
Whatever you thought you knew – about God, about life, about the world – Mother Teresa's extraordinary message will take you deeper still!Written by the co-founder of her priests' communityPublished at Mother Teresa's personal request to share her message with the worldRevealing insightsPersonal stories Gain unprecedented access to and understanding of Mother Teresa's secret source of passion, spirit, and impact! #goodreads ...
A preacher kid’s at a Catholic university, Kevin Lowry settled into a “double major in beer and billiards” soon followed by uncomfortable run-ins with pious students, failing grades, increasing anxiety, a missing night—and the startling realization that some fellow students actually attended Mass the morning after a party instead of sleeping it off.</p><p>After getting kicked out, Kevin got his act together, got the MBA, and also got ...
“All of us are called to keep striving towards something greater than ourselves and our families, and every family must feel this constant impulse. Let us make this journey as families, let us keep walking together.” Pope Francis, Amoris Laetitia In his groundbreaking work on modern family life, Amoris Laetitia: On Love in the Family , Pope Francis continues to guide and lead the Church, calling us to be a sign of mercy and encouragement for ...
“Wherever there are Christians, everyone should find an oasis of mercy.” —Pope Francis Whether dealing with adoption, sobriety, bullying, the Boston Marathon bombing, or friendship with a Jehovah’s Witness, Mathew Schmalz’s own life serves as the backdrop for his reflections on the complex nature of mercy—how we give it, and how we receive it. From a home for lepers in India to a halfway house in the Bronx, the author probes his experiences t ...
How do you turn your home into a place where saints are made? By practicing the “little way” of family life at home, every day. St. Therese of Lisieux’s “little way” shows us that we can achieve holiness by performing even the smallest acts with great love. For the family, every day is made up of many, many small acts – feeding hungry tummies, comforting a feverish child, getting a squirmy toddler dressed for mass – and in each one we have t ...
Most of us at one time have said, or thought, something like:</p><ul><li>“So I procrastinate, it’s not like it’s hurting anyone!”<li>“Enough about you, back to me.”<li>“I deserve this, so I’m treating myself!”<li>“If I can’t have it, she shouldn’t either.”<li>“I’ll get around to it… or not.”<li>“It’s not really gossip if it’s all true, right?”<li>(And the granddaddy of them all) “But that doe ...
Here are occasions of grace experienced with a baseball coach in a Boston bar, a hotel shuttle driver at a Florida airport, during a retreat Mass in Indianapolis, a winery in Sonoma, a rectory kitchen, a youth conference, an exchange between inner city principals, a high school reunion, the front porch one evening, the health club before dawn, a funeral request, a Brooklyn subway, and many more everyday settings.</p><p>Reading them w ...
What is keeping so many of us, and so many of our parishes, from becoming powerhouses of faith and evangelization is that we don't have a living relationship with Christ that transforms us into intentional disciples. Forming Intentional Disciples: The Path to Knowing and Following Jesus (Our Sunday Visitor, 2012) has become one of the most talked-about books of the decade in Catholic parishes across the country. Written by Sherry Wed ...
