St. Barbara understood that being a Christian is a gift worth the sacrifice of everything dear: exterior beauty, family relationships and even life itself.
It strikes me that this season of Lent can be a bit of an “Apostolic Age bootcamp” for us to embrace boldness for Christ and examine our level of comfort as leaders who live our faith publicly in these three areas:
No detail in God’s plan of salvation is coincidental. In the accounts of Jesus’ birth and infancy, a variety of people (and angels, too!) show up on the scene.
This month, we’ll discuss how the virtue of temperance can help us overcome the “deadly” (so-called because it gives rise to other vices) sin of gluttony.
Travelers dressed as Mary and Joseph are accompanied to different houses each night by a procession. It concludes with a celebration, food and a piñata.