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...
In his “Spiritual Exercises,” St. Ignatius of Loyola repeatedly addresses “the Evil One,” warning the pilgrim on the path of salvation to discern his manifold deceits. Our faith acknowledges that our world is beset by...
In the power of the Holy Spirit, Jesus speaks at length to us with examples that are plain, ordinary, familiar and, therefore, too direct and too personal to be easily dismissed. (Matthew 5:17-37) As he teaches about...
Matt Talbot was born in Dublin, on May 2, 1856 to a family that was large and poor. His father worked on the docks and had a hard time supporting the family. After only a few years of school, Matt went to work as a...
On the feast of the Presentation of the Lord Jesus in the Temple, (February 2) we reflected upon our lofty call to be the light of the world; a light which is expected to shine amid the darkness all around it. On the...
According to a popular story from Saint Thomas Aquinas’ formative years he once interrupted a lesson to ask the instructor, who had been discoursing on the attributes of God, ‘Yes, but what is God?’ We’ll ourselves take...
“But I will leave as a remnant in your midst a people humble and lowly, who shall take refuge in the name of the LORD.” (Zephaniah 3:12) Are we humble and lowly? Do we take refuge in the name of the Lord or...
Two brothers are grilling at a family get together and they start talking about their wives and children. One of the brother’s sons, the nephew of the other brother, is a devout Catholic listening to the conversation...
“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shone.” (Matthew 4:16) When will this miracle of light happen again and illumine our world...
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