It’s rather ironic. Catholics pray, read scripture, and go to daily Mass during Lent. And then Easter Monday comes, and the Churches are empty.
For the early Christians, Easter was celebrated at high pitch for eight days, and then at a more moderate but still festive pace for another 42 days, till Pentecost.
Keep the party going—savor the season with great words from Early Church Fathers and other luminaries of the Catholic tradition to be found in the Crossroads Easter Season Library.
What a New Year’s celebration!After singing Christmas carols in the Shepherds fields of Bethlehem, we’ll be carrying a wooden cross through the streets of Jerusalem, following the Via Dolorosa on a living stations of the cross that ends at the site of Golgotha and then the empty tomb!Come with us to the Holy Land from December 27, 2014 to January 6, 2015 – we promise you’ll never read the Bible the same way after you walk where He walked and see what He saw!
S*A*L*E*!!!!
Easter Season
and Divine Mercy S*A*L*E*!!!
As we look to the celebration of the Resurrection of Christ - The Church is filled with New Life, Catechumenates and Candidates have entered fully into the Faith and we are all hungry for Fresh and Exciting resources to help us celebrate this Easter Season - Below are just a few of the incredible resources that we have collected just for you during this season!
Divine Mercy - Kitty Cleveland Includes Kitty singing the Chaplet of Divine Mercy with the St. Joseph Children's Choir to original music; "In the Breaking of the Bread"; and "I Place My Trust in You", as well as Kitty's testimony of God's Divine Mercy in her life.
Mercy Minutes with Jesus Fr. George Kosicki, CSB, a well-known speaker and authority on the Diary and The Divine Mercy message and devotion, has compiled key passages of Jesus' own words to St. Faustina, following themes such as trust, deeds of mercy, and humble simplicity.
Book of Saints for Catholic Moms - Lisa Hendey Lisa Hendey's enthusiasm for saints is contagious. Building on the success of her first book, Hendey continues her work as the Catholic mom's coach to nurturing hearts, minds, bodies, and souls--this time through the rich Catholic communion of saints. With the warmth and candor of My Life with the Saints by James Martin, S.J., Hendey eloquently links personal stories, scripture, prayer, and simple soul-strengthening exercises into this rich spiritual resource for Catholic women. Softcover, 352 pages.
Living the Rosary The Rosary, often called “the Gospel in miniature,” is both explained and meditated upon by Rev. John Phalen, C.S.C., president of Holy Cross Family Ministries and one of today’s leading Rosary evangelists. Living the Rosary: Finding Your Life in the Mysteries situates each of the twenty “mysteries” of the life of Jesus within both biblical and modern stories of conversion and spiritual growth. Beginning with his own vocation story (an example of “annunciation”), Phalen offers twenty different stories—some scriptural, some personal, all of them practical—that will help readers better understand and live each mystery of the Rosary.
First given as a Lenten retreat, this is an awesome 4 session program to revitalize your faith and prepare you for the joy of Easter. Great for individuals or families or small groups. The workbook is a treasure of discussion questions, devotions and spiritual exercises that can serve as an easy-to-follow roadmap through the Lenten season that will break you out of stale patterns and enrich both your prayer and your understanding of the central truths of the Catholic faith, empowering you to share that faith with others.
Simple Graces Poetry is a way of expressing extraordinary thought in a simple fashion; these poems express intense emotions of love, thankfulness, wonder, and peace. Throughout the years, simple graces have inspired poets to write and readers to reflect on God's beauty and love that is all around us. This collection is divided into themes and each chapter is shaped to give the reader a chance to hear the deep stirring of their hearts put into words - lovely as individual prayer time and wonderful for a group!
Feast of Faith - 2 DVD set In this enlightening, four-part adult faith formation series developed for the Eucharist, Dr. D’Ambrosio offers profound reflections on the nature of the Holy Eucharist – the “source and summit” of the Catholic faith.
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