The Lord’s Prayer during Lent
I recently saw in an art exhibit a gentle landscape in which gold leaf or paint was worked into the clouds of the sky and the hills of the earth
Practice Simplicity
KATHY HENDRICKS
When my husband and I put our house on the market several years ago, we were thrown into an extensive round of clutter...
Essential Mission: To Foster Your Students’ Life of Prayer
"How much can we really do with an hour a week?" laments the parish program catechist. "There's so much to teach. Where do I start?"
Blessed Are You: Understanding and Teaching the Beatitudes
FATHER DWIGHT LONGENECKER
One of my favorite Gospel stories is the account of Jesus cleansing the temple. When he turned over the moneychangers' tables, he...
Prayer Before You Begin
Jesus, help us to awaken in others the memory of God.
Help us to have a living relationship with You and with our neighbor....
Our Daily Response: April/May 2013
As catechists, we are conscientious about daily prayer—“conscientious” in that we want a discipline of daily prayer. We know our special gifts have been called to serve this ministry, we take our mission seriously, and so we are people of prayer.
E-Book Offers 30 Days of Inspiration from Benedict XVI
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Throughout his papacy, the late Pope Benedict XVI promised to continue Pope John Paul II’s legacy of reaching...
The Family that Prays Together Stays Together
SUSIE LLOYD
There’s a famous saying, “The family that prays together stays together.” My parents had this quote on a plaque hanging on the wall...
Advice from a Master Catechist: 4 Skills for Scripture Study
Question: I’m a catechist, yet I’m still new to Bible study. What advice do you have to help increase my devotion to Scripture? —...
Answering God’s Call to Service
Sometimes the sacredness of the work we do as catechists gets lost in the rush of fitting weekly lesson-planning and teaching into the rest of our busy lives. It is good to take time to remember that this work is rooted in a larger call to help build up the Body of Christ on earth.
