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Prayer is more than just a physical, emotional or intellectual act; it is an inner desire to encounter God, Pope Francis said. Continuing his new series of talks on prayer during his weekly general audience May 13, the pope said that the longing expressed through prayer "is more than a need, more than a necessity."
Fr. Nicholas J. Schierer, parochial vicar, gives drive-thru Mother’s Day blessings at Our Lady of Hope Church in Potomac Falls May 10. During the 90-minute event, 53 families received blessings from Fr. Schierer. The parishioners, unable to attend Mass in person during the COVID-19 pandemic, were overjoyed to have face time with the priest.br />br />
Three women give fellow parishioners a piece of their spiritual home with repurposed altar candles.
Catholic health care workers rely on their faith during hardship and uncertainty.
In a world turned upside down by the coronavirus pandemic, Michael Horne offers a balm of gentle help and calm normalcy.
In my line of work, I go to a lot of restaurants, and the company often looks to me to choose something from the wine list. This is a mistake. I can't tell red from white with my eyes closed. But I look on this as a blessing, because I do like a glass of wine with dinner, and I can be satisfied with a $4 bottle.
“How are we going to do this?”That is what many students must have thought when schools closed. Through experience, however, home-schoolers have always known how to distance learn.
Months ago, it was normal for St. Francis House in Dumfries to get a call from a family in need of food, a month’s rent or money for utilities. Now the calls are tinged with the effects of the pandemic.
Laudato Si’ Week, a weeklong observance that will also mark the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, “Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home,” will be May 16-24.
During times of great stress and crisis, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic, people can experience an increase of fear and despair. In some cases, unfortunately, the person loses a sense of hope and believes that death is preferable to continuing to live through the present hardship and tragedy. This point was sadly brought home recently when Dr. Lorna Breen, a New York doctor who had been working to save people infected with COVID-19 as the medical director of the emergency department of New York-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, took her own life while staying with family in Charlottesville.
