God himself has crossed the threshold from heaven to earth in the Incarnation of his Son. Through the Paschal Mystery of Christ, made present on the altar...man is enabled to cross the threshold from earth to heaven with Christ. shorturl.at/DO7Ke

The altar is a threshold...where the two realms meet and what allows for the passage from the one to the other: “It is something that unites, a place of contact and encounter” (Guardini, 43). shorturl.at/DO7Ke

Lent’s battle for the paschal bridge is a life-and-death struggle—a “stupendous combat” (Easter Sequence). Our victory lies on the other side of an arduous climb (“the Holy mountain of Easter,” Paschalis Sollemnitatis, 6). shorturl.at/lI2Uo

A beautiful #AshWednesday story from Msgr. James Shea: "A couple of years ago, I was on a flight on Ash Wednesday, and the stewardess came back to me and knelt down in the aisle where I was sitting, and she began to cry. She said, 'I wasn't able to go to mass today on Ash

Are infant baptisms allowed during Lent? adoremus.org/2017/03/rite-q…

St. Gregory of Narek — Doctor of Sacrifice Like many, I had not heard of St. Gregory of Narek before the 2015 declaration by Pope Francis elevating him to the title of Doctor of the Church. shorturl.at/0aYKO

Do different sacred art forms imitate the form of worship in which the faith was lived? The Tridentine Mass finds expression in the Baroque art of the Counter-Reformation. What might art forms flowing from the experience of the Novus Ordo Mass emphasize? shorturl.at/RsQw3

This reduction of repetition to redundancy “produces little prayers, rambling homilies on current events, sappy hymns, and eucharists hardly distinguishable from the coffee and doughnut social that follows in the church hall.” adoremus.org/2018/05/never-…

Can a bride believe that the bridegroom sees something of great worth within her, if she does not believe it herself? Neither can we believe that God loves and rejoices in us…if we do not see the great dignity within us as bearers of the divine image. shorturl.at/EJWVz

Our culture tells us that we have value from being successful...or from being physically attractive or popular…. But the Catholic faith provides the real…reason to think well of oneself. We are made in the image of God. shorturl.at/EJWVz

Lent is about Liturgy. "The season of Lent and its disciplines are ordered toward formation for the liturgy... Prayer, fasting, and almsgiving are precisely these “venerable exercises,” forming the heart for authentic participation in the Sacred Liturgy." shorturl.at/Uc2Ap

The Lord plants the first biblical garden as an intimate sanctuary for an innocent Adam. The first biblical city, by contrast, is built as a sort of antisanctuary by a guilty Cain. shorturl.at/vQnDK

“Tenebrae,” which is the Latin word for “darkness,” is taken from one of the responsories chanted during the celebration of this night office: Tenebrae fact sunt, dum crucifixissent Jesum— “Darkness cover the earth when Jesus was crucified.” shorturl.at/qdQLo

The elect should be reminded that they are “to keep themselves free on Holy Saturday as far as possible from their usual tasks..." and give this time to “prayer and recollection” and, insofar as they are able, they are to fast (OCIA, 185). shorturl.at/sl9Gl

The Catholic Church is seeing a rise in new converts. Dr. Arthur Brooks, who has attended mass daily for the last 10 years, shares why he believes there will be “a real surge in religious activity in the next 10 years.”

Historically, there have been various anointings of the catechumens and elect prior to Baptism and various anointings of the neophytes after Baptism. The number of anointings in the current OCIA varies depending... shorturl.at/QXZ92

Certain sacraments are restricted on Holy Saturday... adoremus.org/2026/03/rite-q…

The Eucharist is not the instrument of evangelization, but the final consummation for those who have been evangelized. The Eucharist should not be used as a means to another end but is the end itself. adoremus.org/2026/03/is-the…