What is the Triduum and Why Should I Care?

Three days in a row at church?  Maybe it sounded miserable when you were six, but this year you’re much older and wiser.  More importantly, you have gotten to know the person of Jesus Christ.  And there is no better… Read More

The Easiest Way to End Up in Hell

As humans, we have a tendency to do things that feel good.  Conversely, we like to avoid things that are unpleasant.  When we are young, this practice often keeps us out of trouble. Speaking from personal experience, very few kids… Read More

A Time to Ask, Seek and Knock

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be… Read More

The Meaning of Mercy

The following is Part 1 in a two-part article. For Part 2 go  here.
The Second Vatican Council taught us that the Eucharist is the “Source and Summit” of the Christian life.  Yet we must keep in mind that the… Read More

The Transfiguration: Jesus Draws Back the Veil

The Gospel reading for the second Sunday in Lent (Mark 9:2-10) really requires attention to the context in which it appears (read Mk 8:31-9:1) to best understand it.  We see that when Jesus “began to teach [the apostles] that the… Read More

40 Ways to Get the Most Out of Lent

This, of course, is not an exhaustive list of Lenten ideas.  But it’s a start!  Many of the resources mention here are available on our website at www.crossroadsinitiative.com or can be found by visiting our links page.
1          Take 30… Read More

Why is Lent Forty Days?

In the English language, the special season before Easter is called “Lent.”  The word comes from the “lengthening” of daylight hours as we progress from the darkness of winter to the new light of spring.  But other languages, such as… Read More

Need Ideas for Lenten Prayer? Try this!

If  anyone you know is still looking for a way to deepen their prayer life during lent, nicely urge them to try the Liturgy of the Hours. It’s prayer and scripture reading, all appropriately chosen and arranged just for lent,… Read More

A Lenten Rosary Devotion

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What is a Cardinal?

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