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Who Am I— in Christ?

Oh, St. Anthony look around; something is lost and cannot be found. Or is it ‘someone’ is lost? Ever think about where you fit in a sociological sense or belong within the body of Christ? What role do we play in the coming of Thy Kingdom? Or, ever...

Michael Baglino

8 hours ago

Faith

Acknowledging Jesus By the Way We Live

Once there was a British story named Tom Brown’s School Days; it was about a very popular boy named Tom who was a student at an English boarding school. He and a dozen other boys lived in one of...

Fr Joseph Esper

1 day ago

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

2 days ago

All Essays

Faith

The Prayer of the Lowly Pierces the Clouds

Once there was an older, very stern, upright, humorless woman—we’ll call her Mrs. Pendergast—who wasn’t feeling well. She went to see a doctor, who began by asking her some routine questions. “Do...

Fr Joseph Esper

November 1, 2022

Faith

Today, I must Stay at Your House

Fr Dino Vanin

Politics

Essential Moral Lessons of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Six decades ago, the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the very brink of nuclear holocaust. During October 22-28 1962, Washington and Moscow sparred on the edge of thermonuclear war. The lessons remain of...

Arthur Cyr

Faith

The Blessed Mother and Mercy

Deacon Steve Greco

Faith

Our Lady of Czestochowa

Fr Mario Attard OFM Cap

October 25, 2022

Faith

Honing Our Missionary Nature

Today is World Mission Sunday! We pray for the missionaries in distant mission lands and our brothers and sisters whom they serve, and support them financially by putting some money in that pink envelope we picked up...

Fr Dino Vanin

October 22, 2022

Culture

Michigan’s Deadly Duo

Thomas Addis

Faith

Blessed Innocenzo da Berzo: A Loving Nothingness

On 28 September we celebrated the liturgical memorial of Blessed Innocenzo da Berzo. Br Innocenzo came from Northern Italy, precisely from Niardo in Valcamonica, in the kingdom of Lombardy where he was born on 19 March...

Fr Mario Attard OFM Cap

Faith

Combating Wickedness and Injustice

Fr Joseph Esper

Faith

Tattoos: A Spiritual Threat?

Paul Suski

October 17, 2022

Faith

Mercy and Healing of Memories

So many of us are paralyzed by memories in our past. Many times it is in our childhood or perhaps hurt from the loss of a relationship or death of someone we love. How do we respond to hurt in our past? If you are...

Deacon Steve Greco

October 15, 2022

Faith

Praying Day and Night

Fr Dino Vanin

Faith

The Power of the Rosary

Now that we have celebrated the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary on October 7th, the Spirit is showing us the great importance that needs to be given to this magnificent Marian prayer. The Rosary should certainly have a...

Fr Mario Attard OFM Cap

Faith

The Boy in a Uniform

William Borst

Faith

The Path of Life or Death

Fr Joseph Esper

October 11, 2022

Faith

Bigger Telescope, Bigger God

Have you seen the latest images from the James Webb Space Telescope? Simply beautiful. This telescope is an amazing feat in science and engineering. “Nova” on PBS has a very good documentary on the challenges of placing...

Deacon Gregory Webster

October 7, 2022

Faith

Giving Thanks to God

Fr Dino Vanin

Faith

To Be Pro-Life in Every Aspect of Our Lives

In 1989 a Christian relief organization named World Vision began an assistance project in the African nation of Ethiopia, building an irrigation system for the impoverished residents of a remote, arid valley. The relief...

Fr Joseph Esper