Veritas Devotional

It seems like Lent has just flown by, and we are just about finished with our spiritual preparations for Easter. But, what have we learned these past (almost) forty days? How have we grown? Will we continue to carry our lenten prayer routine forward? Will we maintain our momentum in our spiritual life that Lent has encouraged us in? Or, will we rejoice and “move on with our lives"?  Order May's Devotional Now        It is so easy to let go of our lenten obligations because we can, instead of allowing it to be a springboard for our faith. Why don’t we continue our daily scripture reflections? Why don’t we continue our extra time in front  of the Blessed Sacrament? Why don’t we continue praying the Rosary together as a family?  As a family of seven, I understand that is so much easier to minimize and to cut back on anything extra in our routine to save sanity. But, why is it that the things we cut out are the most vital to maintaining our sani...

Click here to order now. Are you ready for Advent? I'm not. When I think Advent, I think Christmas and then I really start to panic. I mean, all the preparations! The baking, shopping, cleaning, planning... I find it so easy to get pulled into the busyness of the Christmas season, and often, I am so distracted with the little details that I forget about the bigger picture.  We all hear the typical "remember the reason for the season", but do we actually take into account what that means? It means that we are responsible to prepare ourSELVES for the coming of our Lord. Our minds and hearts need to be the first thing we get ready at the start of Advent and not the last minute scripture reflections, the week before Christmas.  With that in mind, we decided to focus our devotional for December on "The Coming of our Lord". Hoping it will inspire a deeper meaning for the Advent season, our four weeks are: Week one: The Annunciation Week two:...