Assistant Editor Ava Lalor writes in her Openers column that there is a lot of woundedness in the world and in the Church. This is nothing new. But we all can do our part to ...
We are a little over halfway through 2020, so it might be time for a quick check-in, a short reassessment. How is your prayer life going so far this year? Assistant editor Ava Lalor has ...
The month of July is devoted to the Most Precious Blood of Jesus Christ. How appropriate that this follows the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in June: “Because once Jesus gave his heart ...
Ava Lalor writes: If you had asked me what my plans for June looked like back in February, I would have told you: busy. Between driving home to Illinois for a friend's diaconate ordination, flying ...
As Catholics return to Mass, many people will have different experiences. Some will be overwhelmed by emotions as they rejoin their community of faith and receive Our Lord in the Eucharist for the first time. ...
As Catholics around the country anticipate returning to Mass in the coming weeks and months, we are invited to ask the Lord to replace our stony hearts with the heart of a child — one ...
Nothing looks or feels normal right now, so neither should your prayer life. But God is still here, waiting for you to turn to him. In her latest column, assistant editor Ava Lalor shares how ...
“As Catholics, we are used to Easter being a sudden relief from the season of Lent,” writes assistant editor Ava Lalor. “This year is different. This year, it doesn’t quite feel like Lent is fully ...
Without the comfort and routine of Holy Week and Easter Sunday Mass, many people are feeling uncertain about how to live out their faith during this time of pandemic. But as an Easter people, we ...
At the beginning of the year, assistant editor Ava Lalor resolved to visit Jesus in the Eucharist every day. Now, with Masses becoming unavailable to the public and adoration chapels closing their doors, Lalor is ...
