A novena (from Latin: novem, “nine”) is an ancient tradition of devotional praying in Christianity, consisting of private or public prayers repeated for nine successive days or weeks. The nine days between the Feast of the Ascension and Pentecost, when the disciples gathered in the upper room and devote themselves to prayer, is often considered to be the “birth” of the practice of praying for nice successive days before a feast, or for a cause.
Today is the 3rd Sunday of Advent; we’re told to
Between 1820 and 1849, during the last thirty years of his life, the Quaker sign painter turned-preacher Edward Hicks created more than one hundred versions of this subject, an allegory of spiritual and earthly harmony based on Isaiah 11:6-9:
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Today is the first Sunday of Advent, 2022. We begin a new cycle of readings (Lectionary); we move into Cycle A that employs the Gospel of Matthew.
Did you know that you can download and read Mother’s St. Pierre’s letter?
Incarnate Word Sisters Christi Sanchez and Marylou Rodriguez and four other Sisters travelled to Laredo on Thursday to participate in an inter-community justice experience on the US/Mexico border. Everyone is grateful to the Hilton Foundation for supporting this project.
Today is the anniversary of the death of our mother, Madeleine.
The sunflower is the national flower of Ukraine. The world has been invited to flood social media with the sunflower, in support of Ukraine.
Today’s feast is an echo of the past Christmas season and the completion of the mystery of Jesus – born, revealed to Israel, manifested to the nations – is now encountered by the Church in the person of Simeon. In his prophecy Simeon both tells of the “light of revelation” and the sword that will pierce Mary’s heart. We know that Christ’s death will not overshadow the brightness of his light. We live the eternal spring – the new life that is Christ. Through his light, we can help dispel the darkness in this world.
Celebrated Feb. 2, World Day for Consecrated Life is an opportunity to celebrate the gift of consecrated life and pray for men and women discerning a consecrated vocation with the global Catholic Church.
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