Lent’s mortifications are getting a little, um, much right about now, aren’t they? We’re in 33 days, by the Western church’s count, and those meatless Fridays, those extra prayers, and that seemingly ...

During the Lenten season Christians are urged to more deliberately contemplate Christ’s suffering and death. But traditional observances, such as penance and fasting, all too often produce dour ...

As I type this, my two younger kids are in the living room, their faces buried in books. Yesterday, my nine-year-old son, who doesn’t like reading, said to his mom, “Would you take me by the library ...

Everyone loves a short book. They're non-threatening, densely-packed, and it won't break your back to throw a couple of them in your purse for your commute. But when I saw that The Christian Science ...

Glories of the Gilded Age, at Chicago’s Driehaus Museum This Halloween, Treat Yourself to a Neglected Horror Masterpiece Audio By Carbonatix ‘When Christians glow with the joy of knowing Christ, those ...

It’s not too late to grow spiritually this Lent. As Pope Francis reminds us in his Lenten Message 2021: “To experience Lent in hope entails growing in the realization that, in Jesus Christ, we are ...

St. Francis of Assisi loved animals and seemed to have a special affinity for larks. But there's no record of his preaching to the birds. Ditto the story of Francis holding the paw of the wolf from ...

Regulations for Fast and Abstinence: Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of both fast and abstinence from meat. Fast binds all over the age of 18 and under the age of 59. On days of fast, one full ...

Scenario No. 1: You read a book. It's a wonderful read. You tell a few people about the book. You might even let a friend borrow it. But the book eventually ends up on your bookshelf, where you can ...

The next time you need binoculars or a Bundt pan, you may not need any money. Instead, your library card could be the key to accessing an array of items, as public libraries across the country expand ...