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Lent is a time of penance and interior renewal. It brings us the unique opportunity to work towards conversion and to prepare ourselves for the Easter season. In this audio series from the Living His Life Abundantly radio program, Fr. Edmund Sylvia, CSC gives us practical guidance for our Lenten Journey. Using the liturgical readings of the season, Fr. Sylvia explores the traditional elements of Lent (prayer, fasting, sacrifice, almsgiving) and reflects upon the challenge of dying to self so that we might rise anew in Christ.If you are open to the transforming possibilities of the Lenten season, this audio series is just what you need to assist you on your pilgrimage!Themes discussed in this series:Lent: A time of penanceCarrying out daily crossesThe ongoing call to conversionThe importance of the EucharistThe renewing grace of Baptism and the sacraments Read More …
Lent is a time of penance and interior renewal. It brings us the unique opportunity to work towards conversion and to prepare ourselves for the Easter season. In this audio series from the Living His Life Abundantly radio program, Fr. Edmund Sylvia, CSC gives us practical guidance for our Lenten Journey. Using the liturgical readings of the season, Fr. Sylvia explores the traditional elements of Lent (prayer, fasting, sacrifice, almsgiving) and reflects upon the challenge of dying to self so that we might rise anew in Christ.If you are open to the transforming possibilities of the Lenten season, this audio series is just what you need to assist you on your pilgrimage!Themes discussed in this series:• Lent: A time of penance• Carrying out daily crosses• The ongoing call to conversion• The importance of the Eucharist• The renewing grace of Baptism and the sacraments Read More …
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Chapters 1 - 2 of the Full of Grace: Women and The Abundant Life Foundational Study Guide Read More …
In his Theology of the Body, Pope John Paul II posits, “Christ teaches that the meaning of life is to love as he loves (see Jn 15:12). One of the Pope’s main insights is that God inscribed this vocation to love as he loves in our bodies by creating us male and female and calling us to become ‘one flesh.’” (TBB 2). Indeed, he says that the “deepest yearning of the human heart is tobe ‘like God’ by sharing in his life and love” and that “[o]ur creation as male and female and our longing for communion is ‘the fundamental fact’ of human existence” (TBB 35, 120). Read More …
In her recent book Hooking Up, Laura Sessions Stepp describes how today’s young women are treating intimacy casually. Stepp has infuriated feministswith her conclusion that casual sexual relationships demean women and allow men to be callous. This frivolous treatment of intimacy has insinuated itself into mystical matters as well. Read More …
Twenty years ago, John Paul II wrote an Apostolic Letter in which he explained the transcendent dignity and marvelous gift of femininity. Mulieris Dignitatem (“On the Dignity and Vocation of Women,” 1988) is not terribly long, nor especially academic – rather, it is completely accessible to the reader whois willing to focus and consider sublime truths about the human person. Read More …
