At the sight of the crowds, Jesus’ heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd. We should not have any trouble believing that Jesus is crying inside; that his heart is wrenched at the...
“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 mustache. As you can imagine...
Helena Kmieć comes from Libiąż, a town west of Kraków. Poles have only a vague sense of where it is. Let us be honest: most Australians and Americans’ knowledge of Europe becomes hazy beyond Italy, Germany, and France. Towns off the beaten track...
Is it true that “we are what we eat?” It depends on what one means by it, I guess; but it is true for those who heed Jesus’ challenging words: Whoever eats my flesh and drinks by blood remains in me and I in him. (Jn...
Helena Kmieć comes from Libiąż, a town west of Kraków. Poles have only a vague sense of where it is. Let us be honest: most Australians and Americans’ knowledge of Europe becomes hazy beyond Italy, Germany, and France...
“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...
At the sight of the crowds, Jesus’ heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd. We should not have any trouble believing that Jesus is crying inside; that...
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...
At the sight of the crowds, Jesus’ heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd. We should not have any trouble believing that Jesus is crying inside; that...
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...
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...
“God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.” This most powerful statement made by Jesus about the extent of our Father’s...
When Catholics speak of prayer, we often refer to our practice of praying the Rosary, or the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, or praying before the Blessed Sacrament, or Sunday worship, or our penitential requirements, or our...
A simple, inescapable statement gleaned from today’s gospel passage (John 20:19-23): every single aspect of our life, at all levels, from the biological to the supernatural, is brought into existence and to action by...
Fourteen years after the passing of my Dad, I do not miss him any less than the day he breathed his last breath in hospice. Time has not erased the moment. It has simply taught me how to carry it. What surprises me most...
As an adult I have tended to have disappointing health insurance. When I gave birth to my younger daughter, Veronica, in 1990, I had no health insurance at all. I secured a midwife for $1200, a fortune for me. She was...
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