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How Are Catholics Supposed to Live Friday’s Outside of Lent?
Sara and Justin Kraft - May 20, 2022
TGIF! Thank God it’s Friday! This is such a common expression that we rarely even think about it. But, how exactly does a Catholic thank God for Friday? -
The 10 Virtues of Mary and How to Live Them in Everyday Life
Hannah Crites - May 12, 2022
As Catholics, we are called to imitate Christ in every way. Well, easier said than done. The fall has made sure of that. But we have hope through our Blessed Mother who perfectly imitates her son in all things. She perfectly conformed her life to the will of God and is now celebrated as Queen of Heaven. -
What St. Catherine of Siena Can Teach Us About Penance, Eternity, and Prayer
John Kubasak - Apr 29, 2022
St. Catherine of Siena's extroadinary faith, hope, and love can teach us how to live penance with joy, prepare for eternity, and be committed to prayer. -
St. Gianna’s Invitation
Josh Florence - Apr 28, 2022
St. Gianna Molla, wife, mother, doctor, and faithful Catholic, lived a life of generosity, love, and openness to life. She provides us and example and invitation of living life fully and without fear of sacrifice. -
The Power of Transformative Silence on Holy Saturday
Rachel Forton - Apr 14, 2022
Holy Saturday is a beautiful day of transition: what was is no more, and what will be is not yet. Waiting is at the very heart of the Paschal Mystery. After the pain and death of Good Friday, Jesus’ body enters the tomb. Now, we wait in silence. -
Building on Lent: An Examen Prayer for the Easter Season
Rachel Forton - Apr 13, 2022
It does not make sense to simply abandon whatever practices helped us approach the Lord with less of a barrier between Him and ourselves during Lent. I propose an Easter Examen to reflect on your Lenten practices and adapt them to the Easter season, so that the graces received in Lent will continue to bless you and deepen your relationship with God. -
Bridge of Meditation Into His Heart
Jeannie Ewing - Apr 7, 2022
It is when our nothingness encounters God’s perfection that we are truly transformed. God chooses to demonstrate His power when we choose to humble ourselves to the extreme and allow Him to do whatever He wishes. Once this occurs, we find ourselves dissolve into Him, so that His will finally, at long last, becomes ours, too. -
3 Practical Methods for Maintaining Peace in Everyday Life
Sara and Justin Kraft - Apr 5, 2022
Sara and Justin Kraft discuss the virtue of Serenity as an outflow of the virtue of faith. Trusting in God, our Good Father, we know that "all things work for good for those who love God" (Romans 8:28). They provide us 3 practical ways to cultivate peace in our everyday lives. -
Halfway There: Reclaiming Lent If You’ve Lost Your Way
John Kubasak - Mar 30, 2022
If your Lent has started and misfired in any way, don’t despair. There is still time to reset your Lent and finish strong. Here are a handful of suggestions for moving forward to Easter. -
Mary’s Fiat: How To Celebrate the Solemnity of the Annunciation
John Kubasak - Mar 24, 2022
On this feast day, spend some time with Our Lord to reflect on this great mystery—the mystery that encapsulates salvation history in Our Lady’s womb. -
The Spirituality of Spring
Jeannie Ewing - Mar 23, 2022
If I wish to “bear fruit that will remain,” to be faithful and never falter from my place on God’s great grapevine, I must take heed from the lessons of nature that bestow on me a quiet beauty and a powerful lesson. I am not unlike the creatures and plants, in the sense that I, too, cycle through seasons of desolation and wait for seasons of growth and abundance. -
How to Live a Life of Constant Conversion
Kenzie Worthing - Mar 17, 2022
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Mt 4:17). But what does this repentance really mean? It involves a recognition and confession of sin, a change of the interior disposition from sin and darkness to truth and light, and the abandonment of sin to begin a new way of life. -
Fasting & Feasting: How to Celebrate Solemnities During Lent
Sara and Justin Kraft - Mar 15, 2022
Lent can seem long and dreary. However, the Church does not want us to experience it in this way and to this end offers us the opportunity to celebrate two great feasts in the midst of this penitential season. The Solemnity of St. Joseph (March 19) and the Solemnity of the Annunciation (March 25) stand as great celebrations and offer an oasis in the midst of Lent. -
How To View Suffering As A Gift: Reflections on the Book of Job
Fr. Mike Liledahl - Mar 10, 2022
Job is often looked at for inspiration when we have suffering in our lives. How Job was able to maintain his praise of God throughout his suffering can help us when suffering will inevitably occur in our lives, because none of us are immune from suffering. -
What Are the 4 Parts of the Catechism of the Catholic Church?
John Kubasak - Mar 8, 2022
We are so blessed as Catholics to have a resource like the Catechism of Catholic Church. It’s a resource for clergy, laity, teachers, and anyone who wants to know what the Church believes. Catholicism is an intelligible faith that can satisfy even the most demanding of intellects and hearts.
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The Advent Story
Available just in time for the Advent and Christmas season! The Advent Story details the events of the birth of Jesus Christ and his early life as revealed through private revelation to Cora Evans. Interspersed with Scripture passages, this book brings the Christmas narrative to life and inspires renewed reflection on the Incarnation.
A Time to Laugh and a Time to Weep
NOW AVAILABLE! A Time to Laugh and A Time to Weep is a prayerful journey for healing, forgiveness, charity, kindness, and courage that traverses the highs and lows of motherhood and faith in light of Cora Evans’ writings. Travel alongside Cora Evans and Jeannie Ewing — one a woman of the early twentieth century, another a modern Catholic living in the frenzied, post-modern Information Age — and realize that truth, beauty, and wisdom exist outside of time.
Letter Lessons
The newest addition to The Cora Evans Library. “If any man would come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily, and follow Me” (Lk 9:23). Being a Catholic Christian is a call to action. Our God is not passive or indifferent or lukewarm. He is active, involved, and on fire. And He is vying with the devil for your soul. Following Jesus takes perseverance, self-denial, trust, and total commitment. This is not a book about Jesus; it’s about you and how you open yourself to Him in ways you’ve never even considered.”
Gems
The reflections of Cora Evans included in Gems reveal many new details about Catholic truths, deeper knowledge of theological truths, and new light and evidence to the deposit of faith, especially regarding the humanity of Christ, the Holy Eucharist and the indwelling of Christ.
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