Happy Easter!
Thank you to those who are praying the Divine Mercy Novena with me.
The novena ends on April 18th, the day before the Feast of Mercy.
Have you heard of this feast?
I want to tell you about it (again) because I don’t want you to miss out!
If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you may remember this post from last year.
I’ll be praying the annual Divine Mercy Novena, and I’m calling you to join me!
The Roman Catholic Church has many departments and operates through formal procedures.
The Apostolic Penitentiary is one of the departments of the Roman Curia, the central body responsible for the affairs of the Church.
This tribunal of mercy recently issued a new Plenary Indulgence in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
In my previous post I explained the Sacrament of Confession by using information from the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
The purpose of Part I was to describe the theology of the sacrament.
The purpose of Part II is to provide tools and guidance for participating in it.
After reading this post, I hope you feel excited to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation!
In this post I’ll focus on:
In my mid-twenties I began to practice my Catholic Faith more seriously and attend Mass regularly. During that time, I kept hearing a priest talk about confession during his homilies.
Even though I wanted to go to confession, I didn’t know much about it because I wasn’t taught to go regularly.
I desired to understand why I need to receive the sacrament, what it is and the effects.
Once I discovered this information and received the sacrament, it was life-changing!
Last year I wrote a post about the Holy Rosary.
Since October is dedicated to this devotion, and the Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary is celebrated on October 7th, I’d like to share this post again.
God calls each of us in different ways.
He may speak words that we hear in our minds or words that we hear through another person.
He may place a deep feeling within our heart or allow us to receive a revelation through Scripture or prayer.
We may experience His call in a dramatic or sudden way. More often, the encounter is gentle or gradual.
A call from God is both personal and specific. Each person’s experience is unique, and it can be hard to explain or put into words.
In this post, I’d like to share more about my call to Lourdes.
“Would you do me the kindness of coming here for fifteen days?” ~ Blessed Virgin Mary to Bernadette Soubirous, February 18, 1858
