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Tom Hoopes reflects on how Catholic nostalgia for Lenten Friday has shaped his life, and the lives of every Catholic generation. “What nostalgia does,” he explains, “is it strips away all the

Everything you need for the novena, each day.

Everything you need for the prayer, each day.

None of us lived in Jesus’ time … but we all have memories of him.

When Jesus appeared to St. Faustina, he asked that a novena be prayed to him every year asking for his merciful love.

It is Holy Week at last, and boy do we need it. Holy Week does one thing better than any other event each year: It describes what hope looks like in the

My daughter took a comparison of religions class and wrote me an e-mail that said, “Dad, I’m becoming a Unitarian.” She was joking, and I know the theologian she is taking the

The Divine Mercy Novena runs from Good Friday to the Vigil of Divine Mercy Sunday (Easter Sunday II). For more information about the Divine Mercy devotion, including information about the Divine Mercy

Mel Gibson has said that his movie The Passion of the Christ was meant to be a cinematic Stations of the Cross. These meditations, first written for Faith & Family magazine, are

 Blessed John Paul II promoted Divine Mercy. The Memorare Army, begun by Benedictine College, is now 2,500 strong. To commemorate the Paschal Triduum, we offer more prayer resources. St. Faustina (1905-1938) promoted