In his everyday spirituality, St. Francis de Sales counsels us to begin at the b...
Some time ago, I had the practice of reading the Sermon on the Mount (Mt. 5-7) o...
When I used to read parables like the Prodigal Son or the Workers in the Vineyar...
Sometimes, forgiveness is easy. A person makes an honest mistake, perhaps one yo...
Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you cannot enter t...
With the data now available, we realized just how important the early years of l...
For those who seek to convey the Gospel through writing, preaching, or teaching,...
In 1960 a woman named Margaret Sanger threatened to “find another place to live”...
Our culture goes so far as to actually paint evil as pleasing to God, such as in...
When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, He withdrew to Galilee. Danger dro...
Breaking Open the Word “Christ is the Light of the world.” What is contained in ...
Everything and everyone is oriented toward something. A hammer is oriented towar...
Where is the lamb? That is what Isaac asked his father Abraham, shortly before...
January is the month of the annual March for Life in Washington, DC. Each year s...
Throughout the Gospels, from time to time, Jesus would “withdraw” from the crowd...
Last week, I introduced a small section of Paul Kingsnorth’s recent book, Agains...
I received an email recently, indicating that some people in Washington D.C. wan...
As we return to Ordinary Time, our Gospel already begins preparing us for the ne...
The Gospel this Sunday recalls Jesus’ Baptism but also His manifestation as the ...
A church, as an ecclesiastical building, carries profound spiritual significance...
