Columnists
Nicholas Lye

“Wasted” Life?

It’s hard to believe that my life counts for much when I’m 38 and seemingly ‘nowhere in life’. If I simply look at how I’m

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Apologetics
Noel Ethan Tan

Traditions of Men

Genesis 1:20-2:4, Psalm 8, Mark 7:1-13 ‘You put aside the commandment of God to cling to human traditions’ (Mk 7:8). The words of our Lord

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Columnists
Kat Larson

Harsh Reality

I gave myself a week to prepare before I started my new job. When I initially made the decision, it sounded like a great idea.

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Columnists
Noel Ethan Tan

Fever

We feel Jesus’s sense of urgency as the Gospel tells us how He ‘went immediately to the house of Simon and Andrew’ upon hearing that

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Columnists
Nicholas Lye

Another Calling

“Everyone whose life is righteous has been begotten by Him… we are already the children of God but what we are to be in the

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Judgment Day
Columnists
Noel Ethan Tan

Beatific Vision

All of us desire to be happy. To be precise, all our souls desire the greatest good. That greatest good however, can never be found

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Columnists
Noel Ethan Tan

Only You, Lord

“Non Nise Ti Domine.” This was the hallmark phrase St. Thomas Aquinas said when Jesus asked him what he wanted in the world. Pretty similar

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Columnists
Erin Cain

We Belong to Each Other

They came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. Unable to get near Jesus because of the crowd, they opened up the roof

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Columnists
Kat Larson

Unbound

I was fortunate enough to attend an Unbound Conference. “Unbound” is a book written by Neal Lozano. The main theme is to be delivered from

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Epiphany
Columnists
Noel Ethan Tan

Epiphany of the Lord

There were three types of people seeking the Baby Jesus. We have Herod, the Shepherds, and the Wise Men (or Magi). All three types of

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nativity
Columnists
Br. John Joseph

Yep, You Have a Child

A Christmastide Reflection   All over the world nativity scenes are glowing with light. Millions of Christmas cards impressed with the visage of the infant

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Columnists
Noel Ethan Tan

Fox & Birds

Amos 2:6-16, Psalm 50, Matthew 8:18-22 The book of Amos teaches a most pure monotheism. Throughout his book, there isn’t a single reference to other

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Nicolas Vleughels, Holy Family (1729)
Columnists
Erin Cain

Blessed Are You

And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? —Luke 1:43   Although she did not know

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Columnists
Erin Cain

Everything Is Grace

Jesus presents to us a startlingly bold exhortation: Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses it will save it. —Luke

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Edmund Dulac - Cinderella
Career
Kat Larson

Be Kind

“I have to tell you a secret that will see you through all the trials that life can offer. Have courage and be kind. When

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Columnists
Noel Ethan Tan

Such Faith

Lamentations 2:2-19, Psalm 74, Matthew 8:5-17 In the first reading, the Prophet lamented with a poetic sense of beauty on Israel’s defeat. Both the North

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Columnists
Erin Cain

Sacred Spaces

Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews said, “This temple has been

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Columnists
Kat Larson

Dark Knight of the Soul

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I ended up having three days off from work. This never happens, so I decided that I should take

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Columnists
Noel Ethan Tan

The Markan Sandwich

Wisdom 1:13-2:24 , Psalm 30, 2 Corinthians 8:7-15, Mark 5:21-43 Mark 5 mentions the raising of Jairus’ daughter, switches to the woman with a hemorrhage,

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Columnists
Erin Cain

The Cave

Jesus said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west you say immediately that it is going to rain–and so it

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