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The King Foretold: Epiphany of the Lord

In this Sunday’s Gospel, magi “from the east” ask, “Where is the newborn king of...

The Polish Mystic You Wish You Knew Sooner

Among contemporary Polish mystics, none is better known than St. Faustina Kowals...

Exegesis of the Word: On the Epiphany, the Baby, and th...

Intro to a New Series Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for this month of January ...

Cultivate Virtues through Relationships

I used to think that I was humble…until I entered the seminary and started livin...

What Marx Got Right—and Terribly Wrong—About Human Nature

Something I did not have on my bingo card for 2025 was a renewed interest in the...

The King Herods of This World

On November 14th, 1940, 515 small twin-engine German bombers dropped 500 tons of...

Surrogacy and the Commodification of Human Life

Recent reports from California have shocked public opinion. Authorities discover...

Make a Spiritual Plan for Your New Year

One of the concrete manifestations of growing in good will towards God is by wri...

Honor and Justice at the End of Time

When we think about receiving an honor, we may think of it as a humbling yet ple...

Joseph Was the True Head of the Holy Family

In the Gospel on the last Sunday in Advent, Joseph was to welcome Mary and her C...

Wenceslaus & Stephen: Two Saints for Christmastime

The day after Christmas is the feast of St. Stephen, deacon and martyr, and an i...

Fulton Sheen’s Message for Christmas

Christmas is quickly approaching, and remembering to recognize it as a season of...

Mary and the Courage to Cooperate with God’s Mission

Pour forth we beseech thee, O Lord,Thy grace into our heartsThat we to whom the ...

Tis the Season to be Genuflecting: Christmas & the Genu...

The Christmas season has many associations within the culture and the Church. Fo...

For Christmas Day: A Prayer at the Open Gate

The Completion of the Advent Ignatian Meditation Retreat Lord Jesus Christ,You h...

A Christmas Meditation: The Gate Stands Open

Christmas Day: The Fulfillment of Advent Advent has a way of quietly correcting ...

Philo Judaeus’ Witness of Piety in the Sciences

Ancient thinkers—both philosophers and scientists—of the Mediterranean world kne...

On Leaving the Church

Two colleagues of mine from the university, though brought up as Catholics, deci...

The Blessing of a Mother’s Unnoticed Efforts

In the late night hours of Christmas Eve 2005, I sat on the floor of our family ...

Study and Prayer: Our Soul’s Strength and Cardiopulmona...

At a recent Lay Dominican meeting, we discussed the importance of studying the l...