A pilgrimage is as much about the journey as it is the destination. The heart of a pilgrimage is an encounter with the Lord, our God. Whereas vacations are about relaxation, sightseeing, and tourism, pilgrimages take us from our comfort zones and self-reliance to surrender and trust in God’s providence for the journey and in our lives.

Discover the power of God's Divine Mercy this Easter season. Learn how humility, the Feast of Divine Mercy, and St. Faustina's diary can transform your faith.

Emotions both remit and require energy. Positive, growth-promoting emotions such as excitement, hope, and humility optimize happiness, performance and well-being. Negative, survival-based emotions include anger, frustration, and fear.

In the second reading for today’s Mass, St. Paul says, “If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Think of what is above, not of what is on earth” (Colossians 3:1-2).

Life in Christ cannot exist without Him. How we crave Him!  How desperately we need Him! Our souls truly ache to be united with Him.

Joseph’s chastity, and his purity of heart, which includes but goes beyond just physical purity, enabled him to embrace God’s will, no matter the apparent cost to himself or the strenuousness of the undertaking. The pure, unadulterated gaze of Joseph’s heart upon God made it extremely sensitive and supple to the inspirations of the Holy Spirit, as revealed to him by God’s messenger angels.