Prayer
Kat Larson

Pruning Hurts

Once again, the Catholic Church has reached the point in its liturgical year called Ordinary Time. For most of my life, I have heard priests

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Columnists
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko

Faith and Works

Instruction is like a bottle of oil handed to you. The oil will make the mechanisms of yourself move with ease, remain healthy, and safeguard

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Feasts
Kat Larson

Heartburn

Last week we celebrated the birthday of the Church — Pentecost. I am amazed I looked forward to this feast day so much; sometimes it

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Feasts
Fr. Joseph Gill

He Is With Us

As the world was shutting down this past April due to coronavirus, prisons and hospitals and nursing homes became fortresses, with no-one allowed in or

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Art
Anja Renkes

Radical Presence

“Our human understanding, which shares in the light of the divine intellect, can understand what God tells us by means of His creation, though not

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Prayer
Nicholas Lee

A Consumeristic Faith

COVID-19 may have exposed how we Catholics make our faith about us: Let’s be honest. One of the greatest gifts that the Lord has given

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Prayer
Fr. Gerald Musa

Have Pity on Me

He who has no friend, has God, says an Egyptian proverb. We run to God when we find ourselves in desperate situations. Therefore, it is

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Prayer
Kat Larson

27 Days of Petition

There are times in my life when I need to fall on my knees at the Lord’s feet and humbly ask for mercy. It has

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Career
Fr. Joseph Gill

Wisdom

I’ll never forget the first time I told anyone that I was thinking about becoming a priest. I was 14 years old, and my best

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Life
Marissa Standage

When My Best Isn’t Enough

Okay, I must confess: I like to be self-sufficient. It’s nice when you know what to do, have a schedule in hand, know what’s happening,

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Prayer
Fr. Gerald Musa

Personal and Communal Prayer

We relate to God through prayers, and these prayers can be personal or communal. A typical example of personal prayer is found in the Gospel

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