God is good and full of mercy, with plans for us — plans of fullness, not of harm. Increasingly I feel called to serve that reality, to quiet down and let the frenzied world turn its terrible ways while in the grips of a chaos magic that has been increasing in its scope for many decades.
Commentary
Surprise! It’s a…giraffe!
A baby giraffe. A new little—well, not so little—life in the world. It was just the spark of joy this gray April day needed.
All that I am
As Christians, we boldly speak the name of our Savior, and in doing so we both acknowledge him as God and dare to utter the divine name, for the word Jesus means “I AM saves.”
Exploring the principles of natural law and what they mean for human flourishing today
OSV News’ Charlie Camosy recently spoke with Melissa Moschella, professor of the practice in philosophy at the University of Notre Dame’s McGrath Institute for Church Life and author of “Ethics, Politics, and Natural Law: Principles for Human Flourishing,” about the Catholic tradition surrounding this concept and its special importance and relevance in society today.
Rain and tears
As the rain falls softly, we know the lesson of Lent: that as we listen to God’s voice in our lives, we also stand on sacred ground.
All that we offer
When I make beef vegetable soup, I am incapable of making the right amount for our family of four. We always end up with extra. So, after I made a pot of soup this week, I texted my sister to see if she’d like some for her, her husband, and their six children. Treasa wrote […]
Pope St. John Paul II: Witness to the world
John Paul was an ecumenical and interreligious innovator.
Question Corner: Can I attend a non-Catholic wedding?
If a Catholic attends a clearly invalid wedding in the normal festive spirit, they are celebrating something which is, at least objectively “on paper,” a falsehood.
Loving sinners, admonishing sin
If the Cross of Christ shows us anything, it is that loving sinners requires a willingness to suffer.
God really loves me
This year’s Rite of Election in the Archdiocese of Baltimore was beautiful. The Cathedral of Mary Our Queen was filled to overflowing. Nearly 800 catechumens and candidates for reception into the church were joined by their godparents, sponsors, families and friends.
‘Put no trust in princes’
We as Catholics are asked to assess how Christian or moral an administration is not by its members or its rhetoric, but by its actions.
‘The Chosen’ Season Five sets the table for Holy Week
While it began as an independent crowd-funded series, “The Chosen” has now become a global phenomenon as the most watched series in the world.