Reading Vinny Flynn's 7 Secrets of Divine Mercy, I was really struck by this following passage... Want to know how to use the Divine Mercy Image most effectively? Look at it. Gaze at it. Keep your gaze fixed upon the Lord until you are struck with … [Read more...]

Foreword: Monopoly Spirituality Divine Mercy is a way of life - it is about living lives “shaped by mercy” (Pope Francis). “Devotion to Divine Mercy is the devotion, the “umbrella” devotion over everything else. Every other devotion in the Church, … [Read more...]

Pope Benedict XVI dedicated 5 Wednesday audiences to St. Augustine of Hippo in February of 2008 as part of an ongoing meditation on the lives of the saints of the Catholic Church that he began in 2006 with the saints of the New Testament. Pope … [Read more...]

STEPS — RAP (Read, Ask, Pray) 1. Read: Gaze at the Image I look gently at the image of the Prodigal Son. I slow my breathing. I take in each figure, each posture, each expression. I let the scene wash over me without rushing, trusting that the Holy … [Read more...]

Hail Holy Queen: The Mother of God in the Word of God by Scott Hahn, Image Books: Doubleday, New York, 2001. Chapter 1: My Type of Mother The best approach to Mariology is through Theology. We must first understand God in order to understand … [Read more...]

Joy to the World: How Christ's Coming Changed Everything (and Still Does), Scott Hahn, Image Publishing, New York, 2014. Chapter 1: A Light Goes On in Bethlehem The family is the key to understanding Christmas. The Christmas event is God inviting us … [Read more...]