The finches’ first Easter April 2, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window This will be our pet birds’ first Easter with us.
‘Petook: The Rooster Who Met Jesus’ makes Easter story accessible for children April 1, 2021By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Easter, Feature, The Narthex Parents looking to introduce their children to the Easter story in a loving, gentle way have a great resource in “Petook: The Rooster Who Met Jesus.”
Confusions about blessings March 31, 2021By Richard Doerflinger Catholic News Service Filed Under: A More Human Society, Commentary The church cannot change its teaching for self-styled “liberals” or “conservatives,” as it must serve the designs of God found in Scripture and fully revealed by Christ.
The Easter explosion March 31, 2021By George Weigel Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Commentary, Easter, The Catholic Difference What happened on Easter Sunday was the most explosive experience in human history, shattering all previous expectations of human destiny.
Walking through Holy Week March 30, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Easter, Open Window We don’t need to begin the holiest week of the year at our best. It comes either way. And maybe we’re prepared to receive the risen Jesus in a way we can’t quite see.
What will we sing in heaven? March 30, 2021By Dominican Father Vincent Ferrer Bagan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Divine Worship, Easter, Feature, Guest Commentary If we allow the graces of the cross to take away all in our lives that is not of God, we will eventually be ready to celebrate the perpetual Easter of heaven, in which we will sing “Holy, holy, holy,” and “Glory to God in the highest,” and “Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia,” without end, rejoicing with all the angels and saints in God’s presence forever.
We say grace in this house March 29, 2021By Suzanna Molino Singleton Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Snippets of Faith Whether you and I are in good practice or not of praying in the morning, evening, or throughout the day, thanking God for our meals is a simple and easy way to praise Him.
My father’s cookies, a leftover bunny, and other discoveries (7 Quick Takes) March 26, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window ~1~ Can you go to your parents’ house and come home empty-handed? Me neither. I came home with a bag of my father’s homemade cookies, a copy of the newspaper with our wedding announcement in it, a few wedding photos I had forgotten about, and printouts of our online guestbook. I don’t even recall having […]
A look at 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines — and counting! March 25, 2021By Father Ricky Manalo Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary The quincentenary that marks the introduction of Roman Catholicism in the Philippines cannot go unnoticed, given the impact and influence that Catholicism has and continues to have in the everyday lives of Filipinos.
Were the apostles baptized?/ What should a homily be about? March 25, 2021By Father Kenneth Doyle Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Question Corner Father Doyle fields questions about whether the apostles baptized and what homilies should be about.
“Are you sitting down?” March 24, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window How we share information matters. That’s why people put so much care into marriage proposals and pregnancy announcements.
Welcome people with Down syndrome for who they are March 21, 2021By Molly Sheahan Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, Respect Life People with Down syndrome are valuable because they are people, members of the human family, cherished by God their creator.
