Browsing the February 2025 archive of Father Stephen's Columns
How to Live Lent Well (3/2/25)
Posted by Gail Schlicht on 2/26/25
How to Live Lent Well Lent begins this Wednesday with the reception of ashes on our foreheads as a sign of our sorrow for our sins and our desire to begin again by God’s grace. During Lent, all disciples are challenged to engage the spiritual life more ... Read More »
Prayer: What It's Not (2/23/25)
Posted by Gail Schlicht on 2/19/25
Prayer: What It’s Not
Another recurring series this year will be on the nature of prayer and how we can grow in our prayer life as disciples of Jesus Christ. I’ll begin by first dealing with common dead-ends and misconceptions of prayer to clarify what our expectations ... Read More »
Jubilee Saints: Isidore the Farmer May 15th (2/16/25)
Posted by Gail Schlicht on 2/12/25
Jubilee Saints: Isidore the Farmer (May 15)
This article begins an assortment of stories about saints who demonstrated what it meant to live that perpetual jubilee I spoke about last week. It’s always easier when learning a skill to see someone doing it in action. Whether through ... Read More »
The Perpetual Jubilee (2/9/25)
Posted by Gail Schlicht on 2/12/25
The Perpetual Jubilee This is the seventh in a series on the Jubilee Year of 2025. Jesus Christ founded the Catholic Church precisely to embody him and perpetuate the jubilee message of his Life, Death, and Resurrection. As Jesus forgave sins, that spiritual debt weighing so many down, ... Read More »