Ash Wednesday is a fairly busy day in many places. People cram into churches and receive ashes in the form of a cross (or a
Blessed are they that have not seen, and have believed. – John 20:29 A friend of mine was disappointed when he visited Nevers. There was
He who has himself for a guide has a fool for a disciple. I had a lapsed Catholic friend who expressed skepticism about our devotion
Evangelization: Why is the Gospel good news? The word “evangelization” comes from the Greek “Euangelion” meaning the announcing of good news. St Paul and the
It has been a crazy past few months here. I have been facing the usual high school senior dilemmas regarding the “afterlife”, so to speak,
“Abuse (and the trauma that results from it) causes not only the anxiety of meaninglessness and the anxiety of guilt, but also the anxiety of
By guest writer Benny Seah. Public life began for me in a neighborhood public school. Two years on, my father transferred me to his former
Nearly every Sunday, I see it happen: During the Sign of Peace, parishioners near me smile and reach over to shake my baby’s hand. They
One good plan for Lent is to spend some minutes a day studying the faith more, or at least one aspect of it, like the
“Things were in God’s plan which I had not planned at all. I am coming to the living faith and conviction that – from God’s
You are dust and to dust, you shall return. Each time I hear this phrase at Ash Wednesday, I think of a little prayer that
O Father, Brother, Lord, And God, Spouse of my soul, Forgive my many sins, my crimes. Lave my wriggling, red, whinging soul And wipe away
By guest writer Louis Felix Figueroa. My body was strung out on the couch and pain filled every part of me. This was the changing
I remember I was walking down the hall one Sunday afternoon, after a very hectic lunch. On the third floor of the Mullen Home for
Over the past week, the Gospel readings have contained many scenes of healing from Jesus’s public ministry. We know that Jesus performed many miraculous healings
O my God, I am heartily sorry that I have sinned against Thee. I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of Heaven
Imagine for a moment you are an enemy of the Catholic Church. You wish everybody could just leave this horrible institution. Yet you know that
But because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold, nor hot, I will begin to vomit thee out of my mouth. —Apocalypse 3:16 When Herod heard
Most of the liturgical year is comprised of “Ordinary Time”, when the Gospels follow the earthly ministry of Christ. This does not mean that the
During a teacher training course last week, I caught up with an old colleague who is a devout Protestant. As we were chatting, he commented
We are in a spiritual battle right now. Society is challenging women, and the men that support them, to rethink femininity and what it means
