Beginning AgainFor Catherine Doherty, the sacrament of confession is a sacrament of love, of being kissed by Christ, as she so often put it. A sick person goes to a doctor; so a childlike soul goes to Christ to be consoled, to be healed, to be forgiven. It is like a lover running into the arms of the Beloved. When you hear the words of absolution fall on your ears, it is like salve on your wounds. The forgiveness of God envelops you like a mantle, for the

and resurrection of Jesus Christ

Spouse of the Holy Spirit

Donkey Bells brings the celebration of Christ’s birth into the home and into daily life

Cards featuring five oil paintings of fruit

“It must be reread several times in a prayerfully humble attitude

With humor and spiritual insight

So writes Archbishop Joseph Raya

to be healed

New friends and mysterious happenings unfold for Maggie as she catches the rhythm of life happening

to the tale of the last Divine Liturgy celebrated in Constantinople’s great Hagia Sophia Cathedral

- The Theological Virtues

Anthony of Padua icon by Madonna House member Zoyla Grace