True biblical fasting requires prayer You can pray without fasting but you can’t fast -God’s way – without prayer

Most churches and religious organizations depend on the collection plates every Sunday to provide the majority of the funding needed to keep the church alive After all, there are a lot of expenses when it comes to running a church

The oneness that is shared by all of life can be perceived on many levels – in the whisper of a beloved, in the smile of a child, in the fragrance of a flower, in the graceful dance of a leaf as it falls from a tree – all of these gestures of life can touch the heart and cause it to embrace life in its fullness, to experience something of the mystery of connection that resides within all living things

As I look at the temperature seeing its 36 degrees in my old NJ neighborhood I noticed that Easter 2008 is the earliest that I can remember, although I do remember an Easter snowstorm when I was a small child in the 60s

The Blessed Mother appeared to three children in Fatima in 1917 Our Lady made three requests one of which was penance

Doesn’t it seem that everything in the world revolves around being politically correct From religious views to moral values, some people teach others to bite their tongues when it comes to their convictions and beliefs

Spiritual purification is not an intellectual process, but one that is initiated by the creative power of light - the very force of Creation that was manifested at the beginning of time and that furthers Divine intention throughout time Spiritual light travels across all dimensions of reality, both physical and non-physical, affecting one's body as well as one's consciousness

As the Eucharist Ministers to the sick approach the altar they each have their Pyx to carry the Eucharist to the sick or homebound of the parish But what is a pyx and why does it have such a funny name

RCIA The return of the Catechumenate When trying to put together a solid timeline of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA), you have to go back to the early church at the point when the 12 Apostles were in charge of it, directly They would go though the towns and countries spreading the Good News and would come upon small communities where individuals would come together in small groups and study the works of Jesus

Though each calendar year there are seasons in which the church enters Just like summer, winter and fall, the church also has seasons