This week we celebrate the feasts of two great saints. July 4 was the feast of our patron, Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, and today, July
Thanos’ snap caused something in Hawkeye to snap as his family turned to dust. Hawkeye changed from a loving husband and father to a nihilistic
A Gospel reflection: Jesus and the Woman Caught in Adultery (John 8:1-11) Aware that “the Judeans sought to kill him” (7:1) Jesus nevertheless makes his
I have been actively trying to pray more during my breaks at work. The break room is in the basement where no WiFi service can
Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you when you were young; I will set up an everlasting covenant with you, that you
Today I witnessed a true and undeniable miracle. A few blogs back I wrote about my experience while waiting to enter the baths in Lourdes,
I say to you, something greater than the temple is here. If you knew what this meant, I desire mercy, not sacrifice, you would not have
Today, my community did an exegesis of John 20-21. What struck me the most is found in John 20:21 and 21:3. When Jesus appeared to
Before meeting Jesus on the road to Damascus, Paul was “breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord,” and yet today we remember him
After Jesus had revealed himself to his disciples and eaten breakfast with them, he said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love
Suits is a popular TV show about slick lawyers who are rude, nasty and deceitful while bending, skirting, or straight-up breaking the law and playing
One of the most insidious and harmful ideas that mothers labor under is the idea that we can raise flawless children. Rationally we know this
“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
“Ever since the days of Adam, man has been hiding from God and saying God is hard to find.” –Archbishop Fulton Sheen “We do what
If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he wrongs you seven times in one day and returns to
This year is the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy. I am sure that many of us still recall the Jubilee song of 2000: It’s a time
The Year of Mercy will come to a close with the end of the liturgical year on November 20. How can we make the most
Today we celebrate the feast of St. Maria Goretti, the Little Saint of Great Mercy. Her story reminds us that we are never beyond hope,
I used to be jealous of Mary. Not because she has the fullness of grace and I don’t. Not because she has the immense privilege
While it seems like we just put away the Christmas decorations, the season of Lent is upon us. Because Easter Sunday is always the first
Some of us Catholics count our “Catholic credentials” by our knowledge of obscure catholic words; some of us by how many bishops we can name;
