Sunday Series
The Sunday Series provides reflections on the Mass readings for each Sunday and Solemnity, featuring voices that range from priests and seminarians to parents and students. These reflections are a wonderful way to dive into the weekly Mass readings on their own or as a supplement to your ESS Mass journal.
To read the Sunday Series, use the calendar to navigate or scroll below.
Blog
From the first days of our Kickstarter until now - the blog explores our favorite things (Camino! The Rosary!) as well as provides tips and resources for using your Every Sacred Sunday Mass journal.
As we continue this 50-day season of joy and resurrection, we offer you three ways to help let joy be your focus!
This Lent, we invite you to enter more fully into the Mass with your Mass Journal. Read on for tips and a free download!
This Lent, we’re intentionally praying with the Sunday Mass readings throughout the week. Download our free Lent Habit Tracker and join us!
Before you start planning your fasts and prayer practices for the desert, pause and be present in this season of growth, greens, and goodness.
If Lent has you feeling anxious, remember that the Lord invites you to enter into this season of fasting and praying so that you may grow closer to Him—it’s all a gift from God to offer back to Him! Read on to learn of a few ideas to help you stay strong in your fasts and prayer plans this Lent.
Lent is about faithfulness, not perfection. If you're feeling overwhelmed by Lent this year, we have 4 things for you to keep in mind…
Hi friends! Here we talk about 3 possible fruits of reading the Sunday Mass readings ahead of time. We hope you are able to find the time to sit with the readings sometime this week before Mass!
Hey friends - Christie here! Today is our bday! Here are 6 thoughts from the last 6 years of business!
“This morning I sat down with a cup of coffee to take some time to reflect and pray over how God has been working in my life this past year and I would encourage you to do the same! Here are a few suggestions on how to get started…”
Every Sacred Sunday teamed up with Ablaze Families to come up with the Every Sacred Family Mass Discussion Guide—a downloadable PDF that helps families dig deeper into the Sunday Gospel readings for the month of July. We chat with Jennifer about being the primary catechist of our kids and how we can live out that role well!
I am so grateful for the “Holy Collision” that brought Christie and I together over a decade ago—first as friends, and now as co-founders and owners of ESS! To hear more of our story—including how we decided to create the Every Sacred Sunday Mass journal—keep reading!
Every Sacred Sunday teamed up with Ablaze Families to come up with the Every Sacred Family Mass Discussion Guide—a downloadable PDF that helps families dig deeper into the Sunday Gospel readings for the month of July. We chat with Jennifer about being the primary catechist of our kids and how we can live out that role well!
Get to know our foreword writer—Fr. Paul-Michael Piega! In Part 3 of our interview series, A Father’s Love, Fr. Piega tells us about his experiences at Mass as well as his love for Legos! Thank you so much for reading this interview series—we hope you enjoyed it, friends!
Get to know our foreword writer—Fr. Paul-Michael Piega! In Part 2, Tell God Your Plans…, we discuss Fr. Piega’s time spent in Rome as well as some of his favorite places! Stay tuned for Part 3—we will be discussing his ordination story as well as some Sabbath prayer tips!
Get to know our foreword writer—Fr. Paul-Michael Piega! In Part 1 of our interview series, Feed My Sheep, Kassie and Fr. Paul-Michael discuss his vocation story in honor of his ordination anniversary! Stay tuned in the coming weeks for his thoughts on visiting Rome, having a childlike faith, learning how to pray, and much more!
Happy Earth Day! We’re so excited to bring you this interview with Christine Lacayo, multilingual writer and passionate environmental storyteller. We hope her story inspires you to discern where God is calling you to say “Yes!”, and to dive in as passionately as Christine!
Mother’s Day is coming up! Here’s a list of our favorite gift ideas for Catholic moms, Godmothers, and spiritual mothers - plus a free printable Thank You card!
Here’s our simple 5 step plan to help you dive into the Lenten season - plus a free Lent Habit Tracker!
Did you miss our 5-part series Introduction to the ESS Mass Journal ? Spoiler alert — it’s good!! Truly, this mini-series is chock-full of practical prayer tips, inspiration, and research-backed reasons why keeping a Mass journal can help you grow closer to Christ - all from a Catholic perspective! See the full contents and download link below.
Learn more about why and how we are offsetting the carbon emissions of shipping out the ESS Mass journal!
“There is so much depth behind every aspect of the liturgy which helps to reveal the beauty of the Mass.”
“We can enjoy the Father’s gift more freely and thoroughly if we hold every gift with open hands.”
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