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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

All Unfolds According to His Mysterious Design

In the Our Father we learned to pray: “Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.” A better translation would be: Do not subject us to the test. I have yet to find a single person on the face of the...

Fr Dino Vanin

October 1, 2022

Faith

Seeking God’s Plan

Fr Joseph Esper

Faith

Bad Things, Good People, and a Pastoral Response

Recently I had the grace of following the module Early Jewish and Christian archeology and art in the course, The Beginnings of Christianity within First Century Judaism, organized by the Pastoral Formation...

Fr Mario Attard OFM Cap

Culture

Memories in a Changing World

William Borst

Faith

Jesuits’ View on Immigration Morality

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero

September 25, 2022

Faith

Doing What Jesus Demands of Us

When Jesus told the story of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31), his audience must have cringed in disbelief and shock. The reason was simple: his contemporaries were convinced that prosperity was clearly God’s...

Fr Dino Vanin

September 24, 2022

Economics

As the Federal Reserve Turns

Edward Derbin

Faith

Saying Yes to Love and No to Shame

Have you ever felt like a failure? Have you ever told yourself that you are too ugly or too fat to wear something? Have you ever not done an activity because you felt that you were not good enough? Have you ever told...

Alexandra Bochte

Culture

The Whatever School of Morality, Part Two

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero

Culture

What Does it Take to Be a Hero?

Guest Columnist

September 18, 2022

Faith

Being Always Open to Love and Forgiveness

I tell you, make friends for yourselves with dishonest wealth, so that when it fails, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings. (Luke 16:9) What could possibly be the meaning of such an obscure phrase? Evidently both...

Fr Dino Vanin

September 17, 2022

Faith

To Forgive is Divine

Deacon Steve Greco

Faith

Welcoming Us Back

A teenage boy named David grew up on a farm during the Great Depression in the 1930s, and he had a big, black Scottish shepherd whom he named Teddy. Teddy was totally devoted to David, and would do anything for his...

Fr Joseph Esper

Faith

Regarding Losses

Fr Dino Vanin

Faith

Living Our Christian Calling

Fr Dino Vanin

September 15, 2022

Culture

The Whatever School of Morality

One of the most fundamental and ancient moral precepts is Do Good and Avoid Evil. It was expressed (in different words) in the Hippocratic Oath between the fifth and third centuries before Christ. More than a...

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero

September 12, 2022

Culture

7 Pieces of Advice for Modern Men

Paul Suski

Faith

Heaven’s Family Album

One of the most popular saints in history is St. Therese of Lisieux, known as the Little Flower: the simple, humble Carmelite nun who lived in France in the latter part of the 19th century. She achieved great holiness...

Fr Joseph Esper