Water crashes in miniature waterfalls and rapids over stones. In this oasis, water is abundant, profligate.

Fasting creates an authentic, life-giving community, centered around a deep love for God and for others.

Would Tariq remain the angel of hospitality and welcome that he had been to me?

“I baptize you in the name of the Father”—SPLASH— “and of the Son”—SPLASH— “and of the Holy Ghost”—SPLASH. Thus, I was unwittingly made a very member incorporate of the Body of Christ, and was also made very wet under the bright Florida sun.

“Carrying our own cross, or helping to carry the cross of another, is one of the central messages of the Stations of the Cross. We live in a society which prefers to shirk the Cross rather than embrace it.”

In the humble lot at the edge of Notre Dame’s campus lie the quiet, gentle rows of those crosses.

Today’s Arabic hymn may sound foreign to our ears, but its lyrics are the familiar words of Psalm 51: “Have mercy on me, O God”

Our hymn today is an ancient Jewish hymn of mourning and repentance. As we listen, let us reflect on how to open our hearts to God this Lent.

In our Baptism, Christ calls us to our ultimate identity and vocation: to become part of Christ’s life in God.

What tears are you bringing to God today? In moments of desolation, do you believe that God’s promise to comfort you in your sorrow?

Our first day of our video pilgrimage through the Holy Land follows Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.

Journey back with us to Christ the King’s humble origins in Bethlehem.

Join our FaithND pilgrims in walking in Peter’s footsteps from Mt. Tabor to Holy Week.

Follow the FaithND pilgrimage to the Upper Room where Christ instituted the first Eucharist.

This “Spy Wednesday,” join the FaithND pilgrims in praying with Christ, our betrayed Savior.

Journey with the FaithND pilgrims down Christ’s Via Dolorosa to Calvary.

As we wait for Christ’s Resurrection, join us in pondering the mysteries of Salvation with Mary.

Christ is Risen! Visit the site of Jesus’ Resurrection.

John August Swanson’s “The Procession” celebrates the Church as a communion of pilgrim people in heaven and on earth.

Today’s art, a traditional Orthodox Icon of the Theophany, commemorates Christ’s Baptism in the Jordan River

As we contemplate the Christian’s journey through Lent, we reflect today upon the Lenten practice of almsgiving through Van Gogh’s stirring image of the the Good Samaritan.

Caravaggio’s painting of pilgrims reaching Mary, our heavenly mother, encourages us on our earthly pilgrimage to reach our heavenly home.

The vision of the glowing ocean and the seemingly infinite pin-points of light dotting the dark sky has become a sign of God’s promise to me.

There is something scary about water, and it’s not just modern man’s fear that it will ruin his iPhone XS-Max132GB.