Eyes on the Prize: The Beauty of Heaven

The seasons of Advent and Lent call us to special spiritual discipline. But to think that their only purpose is to help us prepare for the feasts of Christmas and Easter is a bit shortsighted. Of course, they do help us prepare for the feasts. But ultimately the entire Liturgical Year is crafted to remind…

Who’s Talking About Holiness?

By Arrowood |

We’ve Forgotten What It Means to Be Catholic We have come to treat Catholicism like a social club. We pay our dues. We attend the events. We may even volunteer our time. But being Catholic isn’t really central to our personal identity. Being Catholic doesn’t inform our everyday life. What we’ve forgotten is that being…

First Sunday of Advent: The Week of Hope

By Arrowood |

Did you know that every week of Advent has a theme associated with it? The theme of the first week of Advent is hope. To fully enter into this week of Advent, we really need a better understanding of hope as defined by Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition. What Hope Is Not Perhaps because we…