RELIGION
Getting to the Heart: 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time
In St. Mark’s Gospel, we are used to people asking questions of Jesus. Today’s ...
Padre Pio, Purgatory, & Plenary Indulgences for the...
Some friars who lived in San Giovanni Rotondo with Padre Pio once heard a myster...
Feast of All Souls
Since the eleventh century, the Feast of All Souls has been celebrated for decea...
St. Martin de Porres
On May 16, 1962, Pope John XXIII, in a ceremony at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome,...
The Great Warning: A Horrifying Grace
One of the unfortunate realities of “Catholic movies” crossing the Rubicon and m...
Which People Are First in Our Churches?
Years ago, I was struck by the powerful witness of a Redemptorist priest celebra...
The Catholic Roots of Halloween: Understanding its Orig...
When Halloween comes around each year, Catholics may have questions about its or...
Beyond Ghost Stories: The Spiritual Yearning in Student...
As a high school theology teacher, every October brings a predictable but fascin...
St. Jude the Apostle
St. Jude, also known as Judas Thaddeus, is one of the twelve apostles chosen by ...
Lost on the Highway of Life
Before the incredible, time-saving GPS, many of us in the U.S. relied heavily on...
The Silence of Saint Simon
Jesus went up to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. ...
The Ghost Story of Don Bosco
October is a time when we delight in telling spooky stories. As the days get sho...
Sts. Crispin and Crispinian
Sts. Crispin and Crispinian were brothers born in Rome around the 3rd century. T...
Seeing with the Eyes of the Soul: Thirtieth Sunday in O...
A blind man insists on crying out to Jesus, getting on everyone’s nerves. How w...
