Interest

bg
St. Luke

St. Luke

St. Luke, traditionally known as the author of the third Gospel and the Acts of...

bg
The Right Kind of Confidence: Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Right Kind of Confidence: Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary...

Two disciples from Jesus’ inner circle make a request that irritates the others...

bg
Saint Paul’s Signal Grace: A Reflection for the Feast of Saint Luke

Saint Paul’s Signal Grace: A Reflection for the Feast of...

The Apostle to the Gentiles, St. Paul, suffered through beatings, imprisonment,...

bg
Do Catholics Believe in Ghosts?

Do Catholics Believe in Ghosts?

There is something distinctly human about sitting around a campfire to share ghost...

bg
St. Isaac Jogues, St. John de Brébeuf, and Companions

St. Isaac Jogues, St. John de Brébeuf, and Companions

St. Isaac Jogues, St. John de Brébeuf, and their companions, collectively known...

bg
A Heart Aflame: St. Teresa of Avila’s Path to Renewal and Holiness

A Heart Aflame: St. Teresa of Avila’s Path to Renewal and...

St. Teresa of Avila, a 16th-century Carmelite nun, stands as a monumental figure...

bg
The Prescience of C. S. Lewis & the New Assault on Objectivity

The Prescience of C. S. Lewis & the New Assault on Objectivity

The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid dens of crime that Dickens loved...

bg
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque was born in 1647 in France. From a young age, she had...

bg
Understanding the Virtues as Superhabits

Understanding the Virtues as Superhabits

Have you ever watched a child learn to walk? As I wrote this, our grandson Owen...

bg
Medjugorje: A Lesson in Divine and Private Revelation

Medjugorje: A Lesson in Divine and Private Revelation

The recent doctrinal note of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) concerning...

bg
Total Detachment: Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Total Detachment: Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Today, a man runs to Jesus and seeks an answer to life’s deepest question.  Yet...

bg
To Offer One’s Life for the Eucharist: A Reflection for the Feast of Blessed Thomas Bullaker

To Offer One’s Life for the Eucharist: A Reflection for...

About to begin praying the Gloria, Father John Baptist Bullaker, who’d received...

bg
Rest for the Weary: Work, Distraction, and the Freedom of True Leisure

Rest for the Weary: Work, Distraction, and the Freedom...

There’s a band of three contemporary poets, known as Rascal Flatts, who sing a nostalgic...

bg
St. Edward the Confessor

St. Edward the Confessor

St. Edward the Confessor, born in 1003, was the son of King Æthelred the Unready...

bg
Finding God’s Mission in our Friendships

Finding God’s Mission in our Friendships

In today’s fast-paced world, cultivating genuine friendships can be a challenge....

bg
The Novel Children of Alabama

The Novel Children of Alabama

Unique? They are. They are silent, unobtrusive; one scarcely realizes the life that’s...

bg
St. Pelagia

St. Pelagia

St. Pelagia lived in Antioch in the 5th century and was originally known for her...

bg
Becoming Children of God

Becoming Children of God

Jesus admonishes the Pharisees for their hardness of heart. In other gospel passages,...

bg
Why Is Humility so Difficult to Achieve?

Why Is Humility so Difficult to Achieve?

Humility, on the one hand, should be the easiest of all the virtues to achieve. ...

bg
Not All Religions Lead to God

Not All Religions Lead to God

Do all religions really lead to God? This was the question trending on social media...