The black Catholic nun every American should know March 9, 2020By Shannen Dee Williams Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary As we celebrate women’s history month this March, I encourage every person to commit the name of Anne Marie Becraft and her revolutionary fight against slavery and racism in the American Catholic Church and nation at large to memory.
Limitless love March 6, 2020By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom When we believe that we are made of the “stuff” of God, then we have the power to co-create our world again in God’s likeness. Our time is limited. Our love is not.
Forgive us our trespasses March 5, 2020By Archbishop William E. Lori Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary Sin is a wound in the heart of an all-loving God. This should bring home to us the enormity and preciousness of God’s gift of mercy.
Lenten silence amid turmoil March 3, 2020By Effie Caldarola Filed Under: Commentary, For the Journey, Guest Commentary, Lent In the midst of trial and worry, we seek the intimacy of this powerful and mysterious force we call God. Let Lent open us to grace, to see the big picture, even if it’s impossible to imagine 15 Milky Ways.
Annulment concern/ Dropping the host February 27, 2020By Father Kenneth Doyle Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner Father Doyle fields questions about annulments and dropping the consecrated host.
Spiritual combat February 24, 2020By Archbishop William E. Lori Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary, Lent A badly exaggerated “can-do” attitude is symptomatic of the sin of pride that played such a devastating role at the dawn of human history.
Flannery O’Connor and friends, revisited February 18, 2020By George Weigel Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Commentary, The Catholic Difference At the end, that is the deepest impression her letters leave: here is a woman of extraordinary courage whose configuration of her life to the Cross was a source of both personal strength and literary genius.
Why we should care about the beloved Amazon February 18, 2020By Greg Erlandson Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary The plight of the Amazon is a wicked problem demanding enormous resources and focus from a variety of countries, yet without certainty of the results nor the avoidance of unintended consequences.
The Gift of St. Valentine’s Day February 13, 2020By Father Ed Dougherty, M.M. Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Light One Candle The stories surrounding the life of St. Valentine teach us that sacrifice is the ultimate gift that love demands of us.
Watching Sunday Mass – from my kitchen? February 12, 2020By Suzanna Molino Singleton Filed Under: Commentary, Snippets of Faith On a recent Sunday, I was able to experience Mass at the Church of the Nativity in Timonium although I was hundreds of miles away in Florida.
What is a good Catholic Bible?/ Can heaven be happy with some missing? February 11, 2020By Father Kenneth Doyle Filed Under: Bible, Commentary, Question Corner Father Doyle fields questions about Catholic editions of the Bible and how we can be happy in heaven if loved ones aren’t present with us.
God, born in us February 6, 2020By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom Salvation history is not just about what God did in the past, but what God wants to do through each one of us in the present.
