The Intentional Silence of the Pope
Whether Pope Francis is guilty or innocent of a coverup on behalf of a criminal clergy, it is a grave injustice to the victims of those
Whether Pope Francis is guilty or innocent of a coverup on behalf of a criminal clergy, it is a grave injustice to the victims of those
Who is to say that God does not put you or me, and no other, specifically at a scene for the very purpose of saying
You are a practicing Catholic and you are going with your family on another fun-filled, summer road trip. Perhaps you have always and most graciously
Whenever I attend Mass on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, I am consoled by these words from the Gospel. Take my yoke
Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had said to him, ‘Before the cock crows twice you will deny me three times. He broke down
“Mine is the immense happiness of working, suffering, loving . . . my part is too beautiful. ” Sister Marie of the Sacred Heart When
In Mark 10: 17 – 27, a disappointed rich young man walked away from Jesus when He told him what was needed to become perfect. Strangely
The Parable of the Rich Fool began, “There was a rich man who had a good harvest.” I knew the passage well but had never really
“To be a child of God means to be led by the hand of God, not one’s own will, to place every care and every
Father, Son and Holy Spirit, this is our Triune God. He is One and inseparable. Where the Father is, so also is the Son and
Perfect love does not happen without suffering. Though it may sound contradictory, we often find the deepest joys of our lives emerge only after periods
“And Mary kept all these things, pondering them in her heart.” (Luke 2:19) When we read the words above from the Gospel of Luke, we
In her very short and intentionally lived life, Kateri nourished and achieved the kind of total self-giving that I am only feebly struggling toward day
On October 21, 2012, the Algonquin-Mohawk woman, Kateri Tekakwitha, was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI, along with six other holy men and women, in St.