"No one should be denied the opportunity to learn about their faith or receive the sacraments." When I was in college, I...
When we are real before God, we give him space to become more real to us.
Even though they may look alike and share many responsibilities, deacons are not priests.
Why I now understand Mary as a godly woman I want to emulate. While on vacation, I agreed to sit for an interview by a writer...
These particular words express a plea for the full richness of God's mercy within our vulnerability.
This Sunday’s Gospel comes out of this real experience of tension within the community.
Here's something for your #MondayMotivation -- and a Labor Day weekend reflection.
Suffering, evil, illness, that’s not what we’re grateful for. We’re grateful that our God is big enough and good enough to work...
A look at how some habits originated, and why they might or might not be necessary to a community
Jesus’ interlocutors were not asking a sincere question, but his answer aids us who are sincerely discerning today.
How is a well-meaning Catholic to keep from daydreaming or nodding off if the priest isn't dazzling? Chances are you’ve had to...
It is an ancient tradition with deep symbolism. Many can remember being taught by religious sisters how to pray with folded...
There’s a danger in predicting your future after marriage. "Oh, I’m going to be a stay-at-home mom,” one woman said,...
And can a church be both at the same time? Occasionally, a Catholic in the United States — or elsewhere in the world — will...
Can he predict the future? Move objects across the room? Satan and his demon followers are mysterious figures of the...
The evening Florence Malenfant found out she'd lost her baby will stay with her forever. Lo sing a child, even before it is...
Stop giving us more of what we can get in the world! As your millennial correspondent has said for years, if only to his...