Gilbert K. Chesterton once stated that Christianity is the only democracy where even the dead get to vote. In light of that, I share two stories. A psychologist at a conference I once attended shared this story. A woman came to see him in considerable distress. Her disquiet had to do with her last conversation…
Deacon Greg Kandra Wis 6:12-16 Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 1 Thes 4:13-18 1 Thes 4:13-14 (alternate) Mt 25:1-13 It’s that time of year again. In much of the country, the leaves are falling, nights are lengthening, frost is appearing on the ground — and the readings at Sunday Mass are turning once more to talk of…
Promulgated August 6, 1993, by St John Paul II, Veritatis Splendor is the holy pontiff’s articulation of Catholic moral principles. It views the moral life through the lens of the rich young man, who comes to Christ asking what he must do to inherit eternal life.
Words give us meaning. We can’t make or remake reality, but the words we choose to name our reality can lift us out of the humdrum of everyday experience.
“Beauty will save the world,” Dostoyevsky famously wrote in his novel, The Idiot.
Pope St John Paul II passed on to his eternal reward on Divine Mercy Sunday in 2005. Many of us have memories of keeping vigil, praying for the pope in his final hours
Perhaps some apostles have more writings in the New Testament than others because – like their successors, today’s bishops – they were human beings with different strengths, talents and particular pastoral concerns.
A good teacher can influence a student in profound ways. Think back to a teacher who may have shaped or transformed the direction of your life.
This great feast is one of the Church’s most underappreciated, writes Paul Senz The author of the Letter to the Hebrews wrote, “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere in running the race that lies…
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe When we moved to New Orleans, my husband and I were surprised to see the depth of Catholic influence in the culture here. Southern Louisiana isn’t quite a Catholic Disney World, but sometimes it comes close. Local meteorologists provide weather predictions for “All Saints’ Day” by name. In March, over 50 Catholic…
Fr Ronald Rolheiser