In the Opening the Word for the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Timothy P. O’Malley writes of the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist. The righteousness of Jesus’ baptism is revealed in ...
In the eighth installment on the life of Christ, Russell Shaw writes about Jesus’ announcement of the Eucharist, a message embraced by some, rejected by others. Jesus feeds the multitude and then announces, “Amen, amen, ...
As we celebrate the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, we should remember our own baptisms. Even if we were baptized as infants and cannot remember the event for ourselves, the fruits of the ...
In the first of a 10-part series on the Ten Commandments, Leonard J. DeLorenzo says, “The freedom of the Christian life is in receiving and responding to the order God gives, and to live wholly ...
Tis the season for making our New Year’s resolutions. While some people are excellent goal setters, others get discouraged when they fall short. But, what if we approached this year with different expectations. What if, ...
In the Opening the Word for the Fourth Sunday of Advent on December 22, Tim O’Malley writes about Joseph: Jesus’s Joseph is a righteous dreamer. There’s a wisdom to the Church’s decision to give us ...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Inspiring “missionary disciples” rather than church-maintenance workers and building up the unity of the church in a polarized world were some of the topics on the table when 26 U.S. bishops ...
Teresa Tomeo reflects on a recent “God-wink.” Recalling a statue she bought for her First Communion, she recognizes the importance the little figurine of Jesus has played in her life, following her despite numerous moves ...
Jesuit Father Peter Schineller writes that the Church long ago took St. Paul’s words to heart and recommended dozens of short aspirations that Christians can learn by heart. Ideally, such prayers should become second nature, ...
Mary Beth Baker, senior acquisitions editor at OSV, writes how she encountered a blind man in Washington, D.C.’s Union Station who made her see what joy looks like in ordinary life. Real Christian joy is ...
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