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7 Principles of Catholic Social Teaching: 1-Life & Dignity of the Human Person

Posted on June 20, 2023July 19, 2023 by Vanessa Crescio

“The glory of God is the human person fully alive; and the glory of the human person consists in beholding God” (St. Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies, 4.20) In his October 16, 2021 address to The World Meeting of Popular Movements, Pope Fr...
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Rejoicing in the Eucharist: Controversy Becomes Celebration

Posted on June 8, 2023July 26, 2023 by Andrzej Zahorski

The Church’s teaching on Christ’s Real Presence is one of the Catholic faith’s central tenets and defines Catholic identity. It is also one of the most difficult to grasp. Even some of Jesus’ disciples were not initially ready to accept the word...
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Fear of the Lord: The Path to Perfect Love

Posted on May 25, 2023June 11, 2023 by Vanessa Crescio

“There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear” 1 John 4:18 In the first episode of the Chosen, Jesus finds Mary Magdalene in a dark and filthy bar in the Red Quarter. She demands the bartender serve her a drink, “lots of it”, an...
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Sacred Music: A Treasure of Inestimable Value

Posted on February 25, 2023March 18, 2023 by Andrzej Zahorski

Jesus Christ left us a priceless treasure in the liturgy. However, its nature and true significance often eludes us. There are some deep historical reasons for a limited understanding of the gift of liturgy, even among Catholics. That lack in kn...
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The Celebration of the Lord’s Presentation

Posted on January 30, 2023February 16, 2023 by Andrzej Zahorski

As the season of Christmas is definitively over, one can ask a perennial question: if we take December 25 as the first (and not the last) day of the Christmas season, what is the ending day? Ordinary time returns with a green liturgical col...
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A Time to Give Birth and a Time to Die: Goal-Setting with Heaven in Mind

Posted on December 12, 2022December 26, 2023 by Vanessa Crescio

“There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens. A time to give birth and a time to die…God has made everything appropriate to its time, but has put the timeless into their hearts” Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 ...
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Blessed Thanksgiving from FRESHImage

Posted on November 19, 2022November 19, 2022 by FRESHImage

The team at FRESHImage prays that you and your family have a very blessed and restful Thanksgiving!In celebrating this day with family and friends, keep in mind that this holiday shares much in common with the sacrament which makes the Church, t...
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All Souls of the Order of Saint Benedict: Fraternal Charity unto Eternal Life

Posted on November 13, 2022November 22, 2022 by Aidan McDermott

We beseech Thee, O Lord, be merciful to the souls of all your servants and handmaids of our Order for whom we humbly entreat your majesty; that by these prayers of pious supplication they may be counted worthy to enter everlasting rest (From the...
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An Interview with Rosary Maker, Marissa Lesinski

Posted on October 7, 2022October 18, 2022 by Marissa Lesinski

Hi Marissa, thanks for agreeing to this interview. When did you start making rosaries, and what got you into it in the first place? I started making rosaries some time in my early 20s. I made my first rosary as a gift to my then boyfriend,...
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In Suspense and Incomplete: Having Faith in the Slow Work of God

Posted on September 5, 2022October 7, 2022 by Vanessa Crescio

“Give Our Lord the benefit of believing that his hand is leading you, and accept the anxiety of feeling yourself in suspense and incomplete” (Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, SJ, “Patient Trust”). “Why is he doing this to me?” I sobbed. “God do...
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