It takes a village to raise a child, but it takes a supporting word to raise a priest. Every year, the Committee on Clergy,...
Our modern world tends to be very materialistic and horizontal in its viewpoint. Many Christians recognize the error of this....
It is an encounter with the real flesh and blood person of Christ Jesus, and it’s also a dialogue, a prayer and a play. As...
It’s only by recalling how God entered our lives that can we overcome the loneliness and ingratitude that threaten to stifle...
Don't treat teens like they are wrong about everything. Don't treat them like they're right about everything either. My first...
We treat politics as if it were religion and miss what the Church has to teach usSoon we begin the three-month season of loud...
On this Day of Prayer and Fasting for World Peace, we might ask: How could abstaining from food help stop a war that is...
Prayer is intercession: God says, "I wanted to make you dependent on one another so that each of you would be my minister ..."...
"No one should be denied the opportunity to learn about their faith or receive the sacraments." When I was in college, I...
It's worth the effort even if it doesn't seem like it at the time, and here's why. Kids and shopping do not go hand in hand....
These insights can help with issues so many kids deal with today. The end of January marks the feast of St. John Bosco, the...
Celebrating Epiphany is a special way to wrap up the Christmas season. Try one or all of these this year! Christmas isn’t over...
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...