Posts by Fr. Patrick Costello
lex orandi, lex credendi
There is a maxim from the early days of the Church that says, “lex orandi, lex credendi”, or, the law of prayer is the law of faith. In other words, how we pray informs what we believe. For example, if I deliberately genuflect when passing the tabernacle (a bodily form of prayer), then I’ll believe more deeply that the Eucharist inside the tabernacle…
Read MoreRaising Children to be Faith Filled
Praised be Jesus Christ! Today many Catholic fathers and mothers are rightfully concerned about raising children who will desire to practice and flourish in the Catholic faith as holy adults. Now that we live in an emerging post-Christian culture, there is no guarantee whatsoever that children will even keep their childhood religion as they grow…
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