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by Patti Maguire Armstrong

by Patti Maguire Armstrong on Oct 29, 2019 in Apologetics, Canon Law, Catechesis, Cooking & Food, Evangelization, Featured, Health & Fitness, Live in Christ, Parenting, Resources, Society & Common Good, Women

What are you doing this Friday? I’m asking about your penance, not that it’s my business, but the business of the Church is something I care about. And it seems that Friday penances largely disappeared along with the long lines outside Brown’s Fish and Chips every Friday. That was the fish restaurant in my neighborhood […]

Despite Protests, Cardinal Dolan Hosts Political Rivals at Charity Dinner

by Karee Santos

by Karee Santos on Oct 07, 2014 in Featured, Resources

“It is time to cancel” the annual bi-partisan charity event known as “the Al Smith Dinner and all the other ‘Catholic’ traditions that have been hijacked by the world,” recently asserted Msgr. Charles Pope in a column that was quickly removed from the official website of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.. “In the old days […]

Paul in Arabia: The History of the Temple

by Rev. Tucker Cordani

by Rev. Tucker Cordani on Jul 15, 2014 in Columnists, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Resources

The story of Paul’s journey into Arabia begins and ends in the Temple at Jerusalem (Acts 7:1—8:1; 22:17-21). Paul made his scriptural debut as the young prosecutor who guarded the cloaks of the members of the lynch mob who stoned Stephen (Acts 7:58; 8:1). Scripture offers scant details about the next few years of Paul: […]

Thinking Liturgically: The Asperges

by Kevin M. Tierney

by Kevin M. Tierney on Apr 15, 2014 in Catechesis, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Resources

One of the reasons I love the Extraordinary Form is that within the rite, there are a lot of lovely little ceremonies that either didn’t survive the liturgical reform, or they survived in name only. The Asperges Me is one such ceremony. While it is technically still available, it is one option among many, and […]

St. Paul in Arabia: The Apostles Preaches in Damascus

by Rev. Tucker Cordani

by Rev. Tucker Cordani on Apr 12, 2014 in Columnists, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Resources

In ancient times the city of Damascus employed a system of subterranean canals that irrigated the plains and supplied Damascenes with drinking water. Some of these aqueducts were more than a mile in length. It was through these canals that Saint Paul escaped the city to enter Arabia (Gal 1:17), and through them he returned […]

St. Paul in Arabia: Between the Dark and Light

by Rev. Tucker Cordani

by Rev. Tucker Cordani on Apr 03, 2014 in Columnists, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Resources

A great light enveloped Saul of Tarsus, the zealous Pharisee and persecutor of the Church. Blinded by the light, he fell to the ground and heard a voice call him twice by name. “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”“Who are you Lord?” Saul asked. The reply came, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.” […]

Paul and Moses at the Shore of the Red Sea

by Rev. Tucker Cordani

by Rev. Tucker Cordani on Mar 25, 2014 in Columnists, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Resources

There is certain work of Christian literature written c. AD 190 that tells the story of how Saint Paul baptized a lion. By the power of God Paul tamed the animal, baptized him by immersion, and claimed the creature for Christ. “I, Paul, en route to Jericho, accompanied by two pious women, was confronted by […]

Paul and Elijah: The Pharisee and the Prophet on Sinai

by Rev. Tucker Cordani

by Rev. Tucker Cordani on Mar 17, 2014 in Columnists, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Resources

Saint Paul the Apostle was born in the ancient city of Tarsus in the Roman province of Cilicia (present-day Turkey) in the year of Our Lord 8, 12-14 years after the birth of Jesus Christ. [1] The city was situated thirty miles inland from the Mediterranean Sea and nestled beneath the shadows of the Tarsus […]

A Brief Catechesis on Mental Illness and Violence

by Jeff McLeod

by Jeff McLeod on Aug 15, 2012 in Catechesis, Disability, Sickness & Suffering, Featured, MyChurchParish.com, Resources

The first written catechism of the Catholic Church, known as the Didache, and dated somewhere in the first century A.D., begins with a sentence of great clarity. It should be memorized: “There are two ways, one of life and one of death, but a great difference between the two ways.” Discussions of the recent mass murders, […]

Spiritual Food for Our Troops!

by Jann FritzHuspen

by Jann FritzHuspen on Aug 13, 2012 in Apologetics, Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics, Live in Christ, On the Job, Resources

Maybe it comes from watching too many M*A*S*H reruns where Father Mulcahy seemed to be right there whenever a soldier needed him, but I always assumed that our service men and women had easy access to a chaplain whenever they need one. I also assumed they could easily attend regular religious services. But with U.S […]

40 Ways to Get the Most out of Lent

by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D.

by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. on Feb 29, 2012 in Columnists, Featured, Live in Christ, Resources

This, of course, is not an exhaustive list of Lenten ideas. But it’s a start! Many of the resources mention here are available on our website at www.crossroadsinitiative.com or can be found by visiting our links page. 1 Take 30 minutes to pray, ask the Holy Spirit’s guidance, look over this list, and make a […]

Forgotten Truths to Set Faith Afire! Words to Challenge, Inspire and Instruct

by Michael Seagriff

by Michael Seagriff on Dec 08, 2011 in Catechesis, Featured, MyChurchParish.com, On Books, Resources

In 1954, Father M. Raymond, O.S.C.O., a Cistercian priest, observed that the world was as pagan then as when Christ was born, that Catholics were suffering from amnesia, that they had forgotten the purpose of their lives and much of what it meant to be Catholic. More than fifty-seven years later, some argue that many […]