My husband and I are really enjoying our time with the newest members of our extended family: identical twins Lilliana and Francesca. They’re going on 3 years old, and it takes a lot of resolve ...
Humans are creatures of habit, so repeating past experiences can be exciting with fresh eyes
The greatest threat to the Gospel may be not secularization or a culture hostile to Christianity. Instead, it may be ourselves, our own tepid preaching of the word. As a Church, we regularly reduce the ...
If American Catholics want to see abortion illegal, they must be consistent in their view of all human life.
In his encyclical Evangelii Gaudium (“The Joy of the Gospel”), Pope Francis describes one of the temptations of Christians today. Rather than experience the joy of the Risen Christ, the gift of divine love that ...
Just a few weekends ago, we celebrated Trinity Sunday. And while the Trinity is so mind-blowing that even some of the greatest theologians in Church history had, and still have, a hard time explaining and ...
The Gospels of Matthew and Luke record the Nativity of the Lord and an important event of his childhood
Unleavened bread is required for a valid liturgy since, historically, leavened bread was considered unclean
From an early age, we come to recognize ourselves as free creatures. The 2-year-old seeks to tie her own shoes, to buckle her own seatbelt, to “do it myself!” This awakening of freedom is a ...
Eucharistic processions on Corpus Christi bring us into the mystery of walking beside Jesus in Jerusalem
