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Seeing Beyond the Cross: Feast of Christ the King

At Jesus’ Nativity, wise men asked, “Where is He Who has been born King of the J...

The Tender Humanity of the Presentation of the Virgin M...

Have you ever stopped to picture Mary as a little girl? No, really. Not floating...

Chastity and the Journey to a Clean Heart

When I became Catholic as a college freshman at a large public university, by fa...

Who Do You Invite to Your Party?

When you hold a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers o...

The Profound Humbling and Necessity of Spiritual Nakedness

I had to get naked to follow Jesus. No, I don’t mean metaphorically. At least, n...

Offer Thanksgiving After Holy Communion!

The two most important actions we can carry out on this side of eternity are: re...

The Primacy of Living and Dying in a State of Grace

A brother priest in my religious congregation was in a terminal stage of cancer ...

Eyes Up, Stay Alert: How to Guard Against the Devil’s S...

During my college years, for a brief time, I spent my Saturday mornings at the l...

Using Virtues to Overcome Your Vices: On Fear, Courage,...

Anyone who has tried to overcome a particular sin knows that sometimes grit and ...

Authentic Communion: Freeing Young People in a Digital Age

Early in the semester, the campus ministry priest and I made the decision to mov...

Why the Temple Fell: Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Jesus once overheard a conversation about the glory of the Temple in Jerusalem. ...

There’s More to St. Pier Giorgio than His Works

I must confess that I approach the writing of this article with some apprehensio...

Gratitude Is the Answer

We live in a culture pervaded by personal anxiety and social turbulence. Every t...

I Still Have Hope That Christ Will Bring My Kids Back t...

We could feel tremors before the break, the shift in how she spoke, in how she t...

Coming Home Through Redeployment

As hard as war is, often the hardest part is coming home. Life and family have m...

Ascending to Christ the New Temple

Since the Passover was near Jesus went up to Jerusalem.   That sounds odd becaus...

Mater Populi Fidelis: More Than Worth A Read

Within hours of its publication, my fears that the new “Doctrinal Note on Some M...

Spiritually Adopt a Child in Danger of Abortion

November is National Adoption Month, instituted to raise awareness of the impact...

St. Elizabeth of the Trinity on Our Solitude with Triun...

St. Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880-1906) is a saint for our day, being recently ...

A Primer on Indulgences

Our Church has given us so many tools on this journey to Heaven; we’re blessed w...