Hospitaller Nuns: Unassuming Heroines Serving the Sick and Dying
With a presence in more than 25 countries, the nuns serve nearly 400,000 people each year, and their mission is nourished by the certainty that Christ is on the other side of pain.
Results from Tag: 'death and dying'
Is ‘Dying Without Fear’ Possible? Death Should Not Be Our Greatest Fear
Watch this important docudrama on EWTN.
Pope Francis’ ‘Lifewatch’ Encapsulates the Real Work of the Catholic Church
COMMENTARY: However, vigils for popes, like the current one for Pope Francis, have been the exception, not the rule.
At the Still Point of the Turning World: Living Holy Saturday With Our Lady
COMMENTARY: From Mary we can learn to calmly place ourselves beside the tomb, praying in trust of God and waiting for the Resurrection. She teaches us how to embrace God’s will for us again and again in the stillness of our hearts.
All Souls’ Day: Visiting Grandpa Continues Now That He Is ‘Back With Grandma’
Don’t wait to take your child to a cemetery. Run there, play and pray …
The Tone-Deaf Development at Walter Reed
COMMENTARY: Ultimately, the decision not to renew the friars’ contract rests with the Biden administration.
‘Let Love Speak’: No One Should Die Alone
COMMENTARY: ‘A Christian knows when it is time to speak of God,’ says Benedict XVI, ‘and when it is better to say nothing and to let love alone speak.’
Thinking Ahead and Preparing: Looking to ‘Ars Moriendi,’ the Art of Dying Well
BOOK PICK: The Church’s devotional tradition has encouraged us to live every day as if it were our last so that when our last day comes, we will be ready. That’s where Roger Nutt’s ‘To Die Is Gain’ comes in.
Love and Death in a Time of COVID
Physical life is essential to other benefits of life — but those other parts of life should not be easily discounted, as they are essential to being fully alive.
Connecticut Woman’s Journey Reflects a Death With True Dignity
Judith Barillaro’s 2015 death from cancer taught a lesson in living.
