Jaymie Stuart Wolfe

Our Sunday Visitor is a Catholic publisher serving millions of Catholics globally through its publishing and communication services. Jaymie Stuart Wolfe is a Catholic convert, freelance writer and editor, musician, speaker, pet-aholic, wife and mom of eight grown children, loving life in New Orleans.

Rolling out the red carpet: Jesus on the big screen

May 17, 2024
By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe
OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Movie & Television Reviews

As a columnist with a case for press credentials in the Catholic space and a close friend in public relations, I’ve attended a few movie premieres. But I had never been to a “Red Carpet” event until the one held for “Jesus Thirsts: The Miracle of the Eucharist,” a new limited theatrical release documentary.

‘It is the Lord!’

April 19, 2024
By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe
OSV News Filed Under: Commentary

If there’s one thing we can learn from those who encountered the Risen Lord during the 40 days between his Resurrection and Ascension, it’s this: Seeing Jesus isn’t the same as recognizing him.

Easter gives us reason to hope

April 3, 2024
By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe
OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Easter

Easter means that what is ugliest in our lives is made not only beautiful, but glorious.

Lenten lessons: Practices to keep all year

March 21, 2024
By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe
OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Lent

. Lent is intended to be a season for intensifying the disciplines of our faith — not the only time when we practice them!

Mission by mail

March 6, 2024
By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe
OSV News Filed Under: Commentary

God can and does use anything and everything to reach us, to communicate his love, to connect us to one another. It seems that a mission to spread the joy of the Gospel can be conducted by mail.

Forgiveness Sunday

February 18, 2024
By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe
OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Lent

Many Eastern Christians — both Catholic and Orthodox — set the tone for the penitential season of Lent by observing another tradition: Forgiveness Sunday.

Let God choose your Lent

February 8, 2024
By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe
OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Lent

Lent can feel a lot like a competition, a 40-day spiritual marathon with winners and losers.

Faith signaling: What you see may not be what you get

January 16, 2024
By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe
OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Commentary

As the primaries heat up, we should guard ourselves against uncritically supporting candidates who know how to present themselves on the political stage as devout Catholics or concerned Christians.

The greatest New Year’s challenge: Letting go

January 2, 2024
By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe
OSV News Filed Under: Commentary

Being attached to anything other than God himself will prevent me from living in the fullness and freedom of his grace.

Unity is impossible? Here’s what a 450-Year-Old, 40-part motet can teach us

December 1, 2023
By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe
OSV News Filed Under: Advent, Arts & Culture, Commentary

The richness of 40 distinct voices lifts the soul upward, but also outward.

Catholics and Jews and Jesus, the King

November 16, 2023
By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe
OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Conflict in the Middle East

Antisemitism has continued to rise around the world for the past decade, but what has unfolded since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israeli civilians demands our attention and response.

Does Purgatory really exist? ‘I hope so,’ said the priest

November 2, 2023
By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe
OSV News Filed Under: Commentary

In purgatory, we will finally become all we were created to be, what God deems what we’d call the “best version of ourselves.”

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