"God knows how to draw good from evil. And the good is all the greater in the measure that we diligently strive that he not be offended in anything."

-St. Teresa of Avila

 

Saint Balbina

Pray and Sacrifice for Bishop Michael C. Barber of Oakland

Fisherman Lost at Sea for 95 Days Recounts Miraculous Rescue, by Walter Sanchez Silva at CNA

Flannery O’Connor Wanted to Shake Her Readers Awake, by Ellen Wexler at Smithsonian 

Italy’s Most Beloved Lent Recipes, by V.M. Traverso at Aleteia

3 Ways Women Can Make Themselves More Marriageable, by Joy Pullmann at The Federalist

Podcast: St. Benedict's 12-Step Guide to Genuine Self-Este with Fr. Augustine Wetta, by Michael Matheson Miller at The Moral Imagination

A Refined (and Appealingly Rough) Lake House, by Fan Winston at Remodelista

Mother Angelica’s Timeless Advice for ‘Tired Parents’, by Debbie Cowden at NCR

The Theotokos in Lent: Reflections on the Akathist Hymn, by David Deavel at CWR

*Art Courtesy of The Met: The Crucifixion, Master of the Berswordt Altar, German, ca. 1400.

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