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Faith

The Prophets He Sends

While every believer must place Jesus ahead of the strongest family ties. While every believer must take up his/her cross and follow Jesus. While every believer must “lose” his/her life for Jesus’ sake in order to find it. While all believers ought...

Fr Dino Vanin
16 minutes ago
Faith

Is This Sacred?

It was a loud, almost raucous, crowd that had assembled in the large building. Today would mark a major moment in their lives. Soon the man who would preside over the festivities stepped out onto the raised platform and asked his audience, “Is...

Thomas Addis
3 days ago
Faith

And So We Have Before Us a Miracle

The first millennial to be canonized a saint was the Italian teenager, Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia at the age of fifteen in 2006, just twenty years ago. At the age of six he made his First Communion, and from then on was a daily communicant...

Fr Joseph Esper
4 days ago

Recent Essays

Faith

Is This Sacred?

It was a loud, almost raucous, crowd that had assembled in the large building. Today would mark a major moment in their lives. Soon the man who would preside over the festivities stepped out onto the raised platform and...

Thomas Addis
3 days ago
Faith

Becoming Saints

Do you want to become saints? Here is the secret: confession is the lock; confidence in your confessor is the key. This is how you open heaven’s gates. St John Bosco (1815-88) According to The Catechism of the Catholic...

Deacon Steve Greco
5 days ago
Faith

And So We Have Before Us a Miracle

The first millennial to be canonized a saint was the Italian teenager, Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia at the age of fifteen in 2006, just twenty years ago. At the age of six he made his First Communion, and from...

Fr Joseph Esper
4 days ago
Faith

The Prophets He Sends

While every believer must place Jesus ahead of the strongest family ties. While every believer must take up his/her cross and follow Jesus. While every believer must “lose” his/her life for Jesus’ sake in order to find...

Fr Dino Vanin
16 minutes ago

Reflections- From Our Archives

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Faith

The Prophets He Sends

While every believer must place Jesus ahead of the strongest family ties. While every believer must take up his/her cross and follow Jesus. While every believer must “lose” his/her life for Jesus’ sake in order to find...

Fr Dino Vanin
16 minutes ago
Faith

And So We Have Before Us a Miracle

The first millennial to be canonized a saint was the Italian teenager, Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia at the age of fifteen in 2006, just twenty years ago. At the age of six he made his First Communion, and from...

Fr Joseph Esper
Culture

War is Hell

Union General and future President Ulysses S. Grant was absolutely correct when he described war as Hell, a literal place of fire and brimstone. I have already explored the reasons there have been very few years in...

William Borst
1 week ago
Faith

What Would Jesus Say?

We cry out for spiritual guidance on moral issues that, though not unique to our time, are different in many ways from the past. Of course, the Bible and Church provide guidance, but it would be even more helpful if...

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero
Faith

Goodness Flowing Out

“Back in Chicago, in 1933, city officials and reporters waited for the arrival of that year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner. When he stepped off the train, they were impressed by this 6’4” man with bushy hair and a large...

Carolyn Humphreys, O.C.D.S.
2 weeks ago
Culture

Dealing with Pride Month

Yes, as a Catholic, I find the annual observance of “Pride Month” difficult. The rainbow given to Noah after the flood (Genesis 9:13-17) is now closely associated with political, cultural, and ideological movements that...

Deacon Gregory Webster
Faith

A Mystery Beyond Our Understanding

A religion teacher in a Catholic high school had been talking to her students about the Holy Trinity, and at the end of the class period she gave them an assignment. They had to write their answers to the question...

Fr Joseph Esper
3 weeks ago