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Christ Sets Us Free to Follow Him

Christ Sets Us Free to Follow Him

Scripture reflections for the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time 1Kgs 19:16, 19-21; Gal...

What Peter and Paul Teach Us About Humility

What Peter and Paul Teach Us About Humility

I’ll admit that I feel insecure when I make a mistake and others witness it. If...

A Pilgrimage to Music City, USA

A Pilgrimage to Music City, USA

Nashville, Tennessee is appropriately known as Music City, USA. It is the well-established...

The Culture War Turns Violent

The Culture War Turns Violent

America’s culture war has turned violent. The violence has always been there of...

Kerygma and the Eucharist

Kerygma and the Eucharist

In response to a 2019 Pew Study that showed only 30 percent of Catholics believe...

Jesus Sends His Apostles First

Jesus Sends His Apostles First

Readings for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Jesus sends out seventy-two...

Faithfully Carrying the Cross

Faithfully Carrying the Cross

“And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called...

St. Francis Xavier and Adventures in Adversity

St. Francis Xavier and Adventures in Adversity

Saint Francis Xavier was trapped on a rickety ship bound for Japan. His comrade...

The Powerful Virgin Against Evil

The Powerful Virgin Against Evil

“I Will Put Enmity between You and the Woman.” The one who has defeated the empire...

Sts. Donatian and Rogatian (Martyrs)

Sts. Donatian and Rogatian (Martyrs)

Donatian and Rogatian were brothers of a notable Roman-Gallo family living in Nantes,...

A Prayer Guide for Autistic Catholics

A Prayer Guide for Autistic Catholics

Father Matthew Schneider, LC was ordained a priest in 2013 and diagnosed in 2015...

He Will Not Leave Us Orphans

He Will Not Leave Us Orphans

What do Oliver Twist, Annie, and the children from Les Miserables all have in common?...

Parents with Cell Phones: How Children Suffer Due to Our Distracting Devices

Parents with Cell Phones: How Children Suffer Due to Our...

When my children were just entering school age, I was concerned about how often...

The Holy Spirit’s Seven Gifts to the Soul

The Holy Spirit’s Seven Gifts to the Soul

One of the best analogies given in years past describing the Presence, Power and...

St. Bede the Venerable

St. Bede the Venerable

St. Bede (672?-735) was an English scholar and monk widely acknowledged as a saint...

Joyful Renewal in the Easter Sacraments

Joyful Renewal in the Easter Sacraments

“Sacraments Season” comes around each year in the Church. In most parishes, this...

Endow: Affirming Teens in their God-Given Dignity

Endow: Affirming Teens in their God-Given Dignity

It is a rough time to be a teenager. The combined pressures of school, relationships,...

“Do not allow your heart to dwell so often on your past failings. It is more important...

Wednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time

Wednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time

The gospel today tells us of the healing of a blind man in the vicinity of Bethsaida,...

How Pro-Life Fathers Can Evangelize the Culture

How Pro-Life Fathers Can Evangelize the Culture

“Go into the whole world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.” I often find...