"You Can't Fail Lent: Learning to see these 40 days as journey, not a test." That's what I'll be talking about on Wednesday, April 2, when I head to Darien, ...
A little musical inspiration on this first friday of March and first friday of Lent. I love this song, and when I heard it again yesterday as I was driving kids ...
So we're into our second day of Lent and maybe you're already thinking whatever you planned for Lent could use a little boost or support. Maybe the fasting part ...
This story originally appeared in Our Sunday Visitor in 2010, which amazes me because it was years before I had even thought about writing Cravings: A Catholic ...
Looking for a meatless meal for tonight's Lenten supper? Tired of pizza and fish fry? Here's a hearty and satisfying lentil soup recipe that'a a favorite at our ...
One day I was looking for something for lunch that was gluten-free and vegan. In other words, free of all food fun. I wasn't coming up with much until I spotted ...
Are you using the CRS Rice Bowl this Lent? If not, why not? It's one of our favorite Lenten traditions, so much so that last year when our parish didn't make ...
It's the first Friday of Lent and right about now you might be thinking, "What's on the Friday menu besides pizza and fish fry?" I've got a combination of ...
Lent is just around the corner. That means our Friday meal posts will go from vegetarian to vegan. (Since I already don't eat meat, I need to find a different ...
I love this song by Laura Story. (If you're my Facebook friend, you've probably seen me post it over there at least once in recent months.) I needed to hear it ...
So we're into our first full week of Lent with two meatless days under our belts already, and right about now you might be thinking, "We've done pizza. We've ...
From my post at OSV Daily Take today. Follow the link at the end of this post to leave a comment and enter the book giveaway.Paula Huston’s beautiful new book, ...
I've been awake since 4:30 a.m., which seems appropriate somehow on this day of watching and waiting. The rain is coming down. The sun has not made an ...
Today I'm guest blogging over at Sarah Reinhard's blog, SnoringScholar.com. I'll start you here...By Mary DeTurris PoustMy teenage son came home from school ...
It's Friday. Time for another meatless meal. Are you in need of some new ideas, something other than pizza or fish? I have just the thing. Or several things, ...
If you click on the AOL homepage today, you'll find Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York giving web visitors a great explanation of what this season of Lent is ...
I am going to admit right up front that I am a huge fan of Lent, always have been. It's my kind of season. Perhaps that makes me weird, but it's true. For me ...
Lent is one of those seasons that always begins with the best of intentions and rapidly goes downhill, at least that’s how it usually plays out for me.I plan to ...
This is a day of darkness. Judas’ hour of truth. The scariest part of this day, I think, is the realization that Judas is in all of us. So often we look at ...
I recently wrote an article on Lenten family traditions for Our Sunday Visitor, a national Catholic news weekly for whom I am a contributing editor. I thought ...