Commentary

A Mass confusion

July 17, 2017
By Greg Erlandson
Filed Under: Commentary, Worship & Sacraments

With organ, guitar, drums or silence, it is our unity with the Lord that should be the pulse we quicken to.

Question Corner: Images of Mary/ Attend daughter’s wedding?

July 6, 2017
By Father Kenneth Doyle
Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner

Father Doyle answers questions about images of Mary and attending the wedding of a child who doesn’t want to get married in the Catholic Church.

Conversation and a cup of tea

July 3, 2017
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church

When I mention my sister’s baby girl, her eyes light up with pleasure. A few minutes later when she asks about my sister, she is surprised – and ecstatic – to hear that she has a baby.

A painful, necessary reminder

July 3, 2017
By Archbishop William E. Lori
Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary, From the Archbishop

While “The Keepers” does not accurately reflect the actions of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, it does highlight what is most important to me for the victims of Joseph Maskell and that is their own personal healing.

A Bride and Groom; The Bride and The Groom

June 29, 2017
By Bishop Robert Barron
Filed Under: Commentary, Marriage & Family Life, Word on Fire

It is a peculiarity of Catholic theology that a couple exchanging vows at their wedding Mass do not so much receive a sacrament as they become a sacrament.

Love over hate

June 26, 2017
By Father Joseph Breighner
Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom

Evangelization doesn’t simply mean getting someone to join our faith or our church. Evangelization is helping people to have such a relationship with Jesus that love becomes the heart of our lives.

Amen: Graduates introduced to greatness at Seton Keough

June 22, 2017
By Erik Zygmont
Filed Under: Amen, Commentary

While Seton Keough has closed, Benton, Graves and Dambita – as well as their classmates and underclassmen – will keep the school’s spirit alive.

Question Corner: No heaven?/A vengeful God?

June 20, 2017
By Father Kenneth Doyle
Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner

Is heaven a physical place? Is God vengeful? These are some of the questions Father Kenneth Doyle takes on in this edition of “Question Corner.”

Way beyond the New Atheist nonsense

June 15, 2017
By George Weigel
Filed Under: Commentary, The Catholic Difference

The Bible teaches that God impressed his intelligibility onto the world through creation by the Word.

This vacation, listen for God

June 15, 2017
By Father Joseph Breighner
Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom

When we have all the time in the world – namely on vacation – we seem to make even less time for God. May I make a couple of simple prayer suggestions for the summer (or, for that matter, any time).