Temple University in Philadelphia is the third largest university in Pennsylvania; it enjoys a worldwide reputation for research, scholarship, and education, and has international campuses in Tokyo and Rome, in addition...
On the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, we hear the familiar term Kingdom of Heaven. It must be quite important because we hear it often; but do we clearly know what it refers to? Other similar terms are: the Good News, the Gospel, Jesus Christ, the...
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...
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...
Once upon a time there was a woman who was very proud of the fact that she greatly wanted peace in the world and an end to all warfare and violence, crime, family divisions, hunger, poverty, disease, and every other...
The expression “pity party” gained widespread use during the latter part of the twentieth century. Perhaps you’ve been to one, as I know I have. With just one attendee, it is a party where we dwell upon our own...
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...
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...
Remember the ancient story of the Trojan Horse? The Greeks filled a giant wooden horse with soldiers and left it outside the walls of their Trojan enemies, then sailed away. The Trojans, thinking the Greeks had given up...
In 18th century France, a royal princess, a daughter of King Louis XV, had become very self-centered and conceited while living at the royal court. On one occasion she severely reprimanded one of her ladies-in-waiting...
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