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Jesus, I Love You: Don Dolindo’s Powerful Method of Int...

Servant of God Don Dolindo Ruotolo went one day to the Carmelite convent to visi...

The Legacy of Mary’s Motherhood from Guadalupe to the V...

Having traveled all over the world to pray at the shrines honoring the Blessed V...

Sacred Remembering: Memorial Day and the Eucharist

Every year at the end of May, the United States observes Memorial Day, a civic h...

Giotto’s Lamentation and the Face of Christ: Renaissanc...

The Catholic view on Renaissance humanism has generally been positive, understan...

St. Gemma Galgani, A Soul Willing to Suffer

As Catholics, we know that suffering is unavoidable, but it can teach us how to ...

The Extraordinary Possibilities of Ordinary Time

In a modern world where the dynamic, fast-paced, and impressive nature and traje...

When Does a Human Person Begin?

Why Beginnings Matter for Bioethics and Moral Courage When does a human being be...

Navigating Luciferian False Light in a Confusing Age

I had a very difficult situation arise in the wake of my father’s death. A perso...

Pentecost and Divinity’s Breath on Humanity

On Resurrection Day, Jesus breathed on His disciples, a gesture odd in itself bu...

From Dead Idol to Life-Giving Spirit: On How to Wait fo...

A few years ago, I travelled to Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh, India, to teach class...

How to Cultivate the Virtue of Patriotism

Patriotism can be a difficult virtue to practice, but the first step is to reali...

The Gift of Hope from a Good and Clear Conscience

St. Peter wrote to a Christian community that was being persecuted for their fai...

Called to the Lay Monkery

I recently picked up the book Joy Within His House: A Cloistered Nun’s Reflectio...

Worshipping the Rising Son: The Temple, the Lamb, and F...

What happens after we die? Someone once gave examples to help formulate an answe...

Why Water Baptism Is Necessary for Salvation

Jesus, Scripture, and the Catholic Church teach that water baptism is necessary ...

Courage and Strength Come from Being Loved

About twenty years ago, I was at a Mass celebrated by Fr. Richard McAlear, OMI (...

The Paradox of the Ascension

Ascension Sunday presents a paradox:  Jesus leaves His apostles for Heaven, but ...

Awaiting Pentecost and the Docudrama “That They May Be ...

The Church has entered into that liturgical time between Ascension and Pentecost...

Restoring the Ascension to Thursday: A Strong Step in R...

One of my tasks while working at the Vatican’s Secretariat of State was to handl...

The Resurgence of Dominican Sisters

For several decades now, the landscape of women’s religious life in the United S...