Here comes Lent. God gives us this season not just to reflect on Jesus’ life, suffering, and sacrifice for us, but also to offer us a chance to lean on him, to walk with him, and to find ways to open ourselves up to his love.
Commentary
Pope Francis: ‘The church is not an NGO but a love story’
The ongoing lesson of the crucifix is that sometimes disturbing things are permitted so that something great might be enabled to occur.
What is Catholic social teaching?
Catholic social teaching is one of the tools given by the church to guide us in living this call. Founded in Scripture and developed further through a series of papal documents, the social teaching of the church provides direction for how we are to live with our neighbor.
A Eucharistic Word: Embodied
Much of our “practice” of Catholicism is cooperating with God’s grace so that the Word is made flesh in us.
Question Corner: Why can’t the church offer a completely gluten-free host?
It is true that actual wheat must be used in a valid celebration of the Eucharist, but there are still ways to receive holy Communion even as a Catholic with a severe gluten intolerance.
Family is where we learn to serve the least among us
Family is the way that we learn to love, serve and humble ourselves over and over again to care for Christ in our midst.
Documenting Jesus
Here in the United States, the threat of facing mass deportation due to the absence of proper documentation does not have to be faced alone.
Look to the skies
When we experience the beauty of a sunset and that yearning in our soul, we may grasp for just a moment what it means to be made in the image and likeness of God.
Breakfast Casserole Time
Warm, hearty breakfasts are perfect for wintry days.
Russia’s sacrilegious war on Ukraine
Those responsible for devising U.S. foreign policy should recognize how that train wreck helps define Russia’s ongoing assault on Ukraine, even as it conditions any resolution of the war worthy of the name “peace.”
Who are Ss. Cyril and Methodius, the other Feb. 14 saints?
Not as widely known in the United States as St. Valentine are two other saints at the top of the list on Feb. 14, and recent popes have repeatedly sought to draw greater attention to them.
Question Corner: Is a person divorced due to an abusive marriage unable to receive Communion?
Divorce only becomes an obstacle for receiving the sacraments when a divorced Catholic attempts to remarry civilly without having had their first marriage declared null by a Catholic marriage tribunal.