We often find ourselves in the desert fighting against temptation and the devil just like Jesus did in the Gospel of Matthew. There is a simple prayer that we can use at the moment of temptation to help drive the devil away and along with regular prayer and fasting, it will help weaken the temptation … Continue reading A Simple Prayer for Fighting Evil →

St. Francis de Sales says that in order to control anger, we must practice gentleness in our daily lives and collect ourselves calmly and gently whenever we begin to get angry. This will help us not to use anger to commit sin and leads us to behave more like Christ. My latest article on Catholic365 … Continue reading St. Francis de Sales’ Guide to and Prayer for Controlling Anger →

This was my last article on the importance of sacred music. If you go to Catholic365's website and type my name, Emily Berns, into the search box, my latest articles will come up. They're not all there and I wasn't able to copy the page's link, but in the future I will share some of … Continue reading The Importance of Sacred Music in the Liturgy →

I'm back! I know it's been quite a while since I posted on here, and it's because I've started writing with the website Catholic365. I decided to start sharing my posts from there on Lumen Fidei. The one that is the title of this post is my latest article. I've been doing this for a … Continue reading Recollection, Penance, and Charity: Different Ways to Look at Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving →