September 1 – Church New Year! 5 – Holy Prophet Zachary and Elizabeth 8 – Nativity of the Theotokos 9 – Holy and Righteous Forebearers Anna and Joachim 14 – Exaltation of the Cross 17 – Holy Sophia and her daughters 26 – Repose of St. John the Theologian 28 – Venerable Father and Confessor …
The Habit of Daily Prayer Recently, I wrote an article sharing some of the most important lessons from my years parenting. These mostly came from books and blog articles. Writing the blog article about these resources reminded me to dig back into them. Which brings me to today’s article. One of the books I mentioned …
Great Lent Of the many ways to draw closer to God during Lent, don’t forget music! Especially in the setting of family life, music can draw the family together towards God. So this year, when I updated my Great Lent playlist for my kids, I also put together a YouTube playlist with many of the …
February 1 – Last day to use the greeting Christ is Born! Glorify Him! (Time to take down our Christmas Tree!) 2 – Presentation/Encounter in the Temple (12) – Meatfare Sunday 14 – Repose of Venerable Cyril, Teacher of the Slavs (19) – Cheesefare/Forgiveness Sunday (20) – First Day of Great Lent (strict fast) (Check …
Charity and Love – Great Lenten Retreat Week Seven Welcome to Holy Week, where we will focus on the greatest of all virtues: Love/Charity. God made us to know Him, to LOVE Him, to serve Him in this world, and to be happy with Him forever in the next (Baltimore Catechism). When we receive this …
Hope – Great Lenten Retreat Week Six Welcome to our sixth week of our Great Lent retreat, with hope as our virtue to grow in. This is the forth article in our Great Lent retreat series. So if you missed the earlier article on Humility and Justice, check it out here. Our second week’s article …
Faith – Great Lenten Retreat Week Five Welcome to the fifth week of our Great Lent retreat, with faith as our virtue to grow in. This is another article in our Great Lent retreat series. So if you missed the earlier article on Humility and Justice, check it out here. Our second week’s article on …
Diligence and Prudence – Great Lenten Retreat Week Four Welcome to our fourth week of our Great Lent retreat, with prudence and diligence as our virtues to grow in. This is the forth article in our Great Lent retreat series. So if you missed the earlier article on Humility and Justice, check it out here. …
Fortitude – Great Lenten Retreat Week Three Fortitude is our virtue as we enter the third week of our Great Lent retreat. This is the third article in our Great Lent retreat series. So if you missed the earlier article on Humility and Justice, check it out here. And you can find last week’s article …
Temperance and Living in the Moment – Great Lenten Retreat Week Two Welcome to our second week of our Great Lent retreat, with temperance and living in the moment as our virtues to grow in. This is the second article in our Great Lent retreat series. So if you missed last week’s article on Humility …