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Eucharistic Adoration: Spending time with Jesus

By Karen Riobo 02/01/23

Eucharistic Adoration is one of the most important practices in our Catholic Church. During adoration, we are praising and spending time with the b...

Eucharistic Revival Pillar One: Fostering Encounters with Jesus through the Kerygma and Eucharist

By David Kilby 02/01/23

In response to a 2019 Pew Study that showed only 30 percent of Catholics believe in the Real Presence, the United States Conference of Catholic Bis...

Eucharistic Revival Pillar Two: Truth, Goodness, and Beauty of the Eucharist

By David Kilby 02/01/23

Plato, Aristotle, and Thomas Aquinas taught that God is truth, goodness and beauty. To seek what is true, what is good, or what is beautiful is to ...

Eucharistic Revival Pillar Three: Empower Grassroots Creativity

By David Kilby 02/01/23

The Third Pillar of the USCCB Eucharistic Revival is “Empower grassroots creativity by partnering with movements, apostolates, parishes, and educat...

Eucharistic Revival Pillar Four: Reach the Smallest Unit: Parish Small Groups and Families

By David Kilby 02/01/23

When the bishops say to reach out to small groups and families, they’re talking about people like you and me: readers of Catholic publications and ...

Eucharistic Revival Pillar Five: Embrace and Learn from the Various Rich Intercultural Eucharistic Traditions

By David Kilby 02/01/23

By David Kilby This is the fifth article in a series about the five pillars of the Eucharistic Revival, a three-year-long initiative of the United ...

The First Nativity Scene, inspired by St. Francis of Assisi

By Agapao Store 17/12/22

The story of the first manger reminds us that we should follow the promptings of the Holy Spirit. This deep love and devotion for the most memorabl...

Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patroness of the Americas

By Karen Riobo 10/12/22

Today, we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patroness of the Americas. The story of Our Lady of Guadalupe's apparition is fascinati...

What is the Story behind Advent?

By Karen Riobo 18/11/22

Advent is a period of preparation to receive the Messiah through prayer, penance, almsgiving, and hope. Advent comes from the Latin Adventus, which...

Solemnity of All Saints

By Agapao Store 19/10/22

"But now that you have been freed from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit that you have leads to sanctification, and its end is eternal...

The Gift of Gratitude

By Karen Riobo 08/10/22

The Thanksgiving Holiday is one of the most celebrated in our country, not only because it is not attached to any religious practice but because fa...

St. Augustine of Hippo, Bishop & Doctor of the Church

By Karen Riobo 28/08/22

In honor of the feast of Saint Augustine of Hippo, today, August 28th, I will highlight some fascinating stories about his journey to the Heart of ...

Living Out The Message of Fatima Today

The miracle of Fatima has been a warning sign of love for the World. In the course of six apparitions to three humble children in Fatima, Portugal, God shared through Our Loving Mother a message that has changed history. Between May 13 - October 13, 1917, Our Lady instructed the children to pray the Rosary every day to bring peace to the world and to bring an end to the war. She asked them to pray for the conversion of Russia, to do penance, and that God wanted the world to have a devotion to Her Immaculate Heart. The church has responded to this message with faith and openness, this devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary continues to spread among believers. God in His mercy and love for us, has revealed his mighty power through the miracle of Fatima.

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