"Listen to the sermon preached to you by the flowers, the trees, the shrubs, the sky, and the whole world. Notice how they preach to you a sermon full of love, of praise of God, and how they invite you to glorify the sublimity of that sovereign Artist who has given them being."

-St. Paul of the Cross

Saint Narcissus - Sorrowful Mysteries

Cardinal Friday: Pray and Sacrifice for Cardinal James M. Harvey, Archpriest of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls

A Shanksville Mediation, by George Weigel at The Catholic Difference/EPPC

Video: Diary of an American Exorcist with Msgr. Stephen Rossetti, by Kathryn Jean Lopez at National Review Institute

The Art of Book Collecting, by Steve Ayers at First Things

The Gift and the Challenge of Aging Gracefully, by Kathy Schiffer at NCR

Hosting Mistakes: 8 Things to Avoid for Your Next Gathering So Everyone Can Have Fun (Including You), by Ryann Miller at Emily Henderson

Piety Is the Virtue of the Warrior, by Conor Gallagher at TAN Direction

We Tasted 75 Drinks from 25 Brands to Find the Best Sparkling Water, Period, by Naomi Tomky at Saveur

How Motherhood Transformed My Vocation as an Artist, by Gwyneth Thompson-Briggs at Dappled Things