Father Doyle fields questions about violent passages in the Old Testament and whether the deceased are award of those on earth.
Did God condone aggression?/ Are deceased aware of those on earth?
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner
Commentary
Call your mother
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Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church
When you’re talking to your mother, she understands. And you can always just pick right up where you left off later.
A project worth continuing
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Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom
God never gives up on us. God didn’t create us out of curiosity. God created us out of love.
Mary, Mother of the Church
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Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary
Invaluable to the Christian life is a warm and loving devotion to Mary, the Mother of God.
A question sprung from the garden
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Filed Under: Commentary, For the Journey, Guest Commentary
We celebrate, we loudly proclaim “Alleluia,” but we also hover in that upper room, wondering what this event means for the rest of our lives. As Christians, it is the question we cannot deny or avoid. It’s the pivotal question of our entire existence.
Spring cleaning with the ‘Trash Bashers’
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Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Commentary, Feature
The Trash Bashers of St. Mary of the Assumption in Govans take pride in their attempts to beautify York Road.
The women who stayed
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Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary
Imagine how different the story might have been if the women had not gone to the tomb while others slept, had not discovered the body gone, had not listened to the angels or had not run to tell the stunning news of Christ’s resurrection that changed everything.
Church’s stance on Medjugorje/ Can we receive Communion?
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner
Father Doyle fields questions about the Catholic Church’s position on Medjugorje and when a reconciled married couple can receive Communion.
‘Infinite sadness’ marks the loss of grand Cathedral of Notre Dame
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Filed Under: Behind the Headlines, Blog, Commentary
I’ve visited the grand cathedral a few times since the late 1990s. It is an impressive place to visit and to pray.
Upon further review
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Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom
I just wanted to assure you that I am still living at the cathedral rectory. I’ve been able to keep my residence. Please pray that I’ll be able to keep my sanity!
Kittens and babies
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Filed Under: Behind the Headlines, Blog, Commentary
Some legislators – at the state and federal level – are so afraid of anything that acknowledges the humanity of an unborn child that they cannot imagine granting any kind of protection, even when it should be obvious.
Being present this Lent
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Filed Under: Commentary, Lent, The Domestic Church
Were we present at Jesus’ crucifixion? We were, and we are. We can place ourselves in that moment, meditating again on the tremendous sacrifice Jesus made for each of us on the cross. We were there. This Lent we are there.
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