Catholic Journal
Faith

We Are Never Alone

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for your selves. (Matthew 11:29) How can Jesus’ “yoke,” (i.e. his challenging teachings) be construed as “easy” and its burden “light?” Jesus’ yoke is...

Fr Dino Vanin
26 minutes ago
Faith

The Lord is Calling Each of Us

One summer morning a farmer named Ned was helping his neighbor Willy build a new fence, but the work was going slowly. Finally, Ned deliberately dropped a fence post in a muddy puddle of water, splattering both men with mud. Ned’s wife happened to...

Fr Joseph Esper
22 hours ago
Faith

A Wellspring of Graces

The month of June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Solemnity is formally celebrated on June 12. On that date, Bishop Piotr Sawczuk of the Diocese of Drohiczyn elevated the Church of St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr, in Milejczyce...

Paul Suski
2 days ago

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Faith

Growing Closer to God, Part 2

Part one of this essay discussed two ways of growing closer to God. This continuation will discuss further ways to achieve that closeness. ONE WAY TO GROW CLOSER TO GOD IS TO LIVE BY THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, which are as...

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero
Faith

As Long As We Have Faith in Him

One of the greatest political activists, novelists, and historians of the 20th century was the Russian author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who died in 2008. He chronicled the evil and repressive history of the former Soviet...

Fr Joseph Esper
3 months ago
Faith

Growing Closer to God

God’s greatness is vast beyond our comprehension. He knows every gift bestowed on every person throughout time, as well as every person’s thoughts and deeds, successes and failures, acts of virtue and of sin...

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero
Faith

Fresh, Living Water

Many years ago, a ship journeying across the Atlantic Ocean to South America was in great distress for a very simple reason: its supply of fresh water had run out. The crew was surrounded by sea water, but because of...

Fr Joseph Esper
4 months ago
Faith

The Gift of Living Water

The details of the narrative about the Samaritan woman are designed to bring us comfort and reassurance as we try to live out our Christian calling during Lent and throughout the year. (Jn 4:5-15,19b-26,39a,40-42) Even...

Fr Dino Vanin