Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque and First Friday Devotions: The Year of the Eucharist June 3, 2021By Hanael Bianchi Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Eucharist, Fertile Soil The heart is the center of our being. and the seat of our emotions and love. The Sacred Heart of Jesus symbolizes his great love for humanity.
Sensitive to incense/Words of consecration June 3, 2021By Father Kenneth Doyle Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Question Corner Father Kenneth Doyle fields questions about the use of incense and the words of consecration.
The oldest cathedral and the newest challenge June 2, 2021By George Weigel Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Baltimore Basilica, Commentary, The Catholic Difference It’s now the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, but for native Baltimoreans of a certain vintage (like me) it is, was, and always will be “the Old Cathedral:” the first of its kind in the United States
Going buggy with Brood X June 1, 2021By Greg Erlandson Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Environment, Feature, Guest Commentary Brood X is to the normal summer cicada what King Kong is to Tarzan’s Cheeta: something else entirely.
Savor the moment June 1, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church As St. Pius closes, I’ll be thinking of the students whose time there was cut short and all those grieving that loss. And I’ll be holding onto my memories – and the friendships and connections I have thanks to my time there.
Listening for the Holy Spirit May 31, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window The Holy Spirit is the unseen hero of the Visitation.
Muffin debates, vanishing chips, flossing, and cicadas (7 Quick Takes) May 29, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window It’s almost June, and the strawberries and blueberries are just begging to be gobbled up.
Gifted by the Holy Spirit: An evening with ValLimar Jansen May 27, 2021By Robyn Barberry Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Blog, Commentary, Coronavirus, Unconditional After a year like this, we needed a breath of fresh air and ValLimar is precisely that.
Tired but still going May 27, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Many days all we can do is get up and keep going. And that’s really all God asks of us.
What my father taught me from his deathbed about fatherhood, faith and forgiveness May 25, 2021By Matt Palmer Catholic News Service Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, Parenting Dad’s role as catechist was one he passed over for much of his life. But his final sacramental journey was one of the greatest educations I have ever received in Catholicism.
Jesus on the cross/Gravity of sin May 25, 2021By Father Kenneth Doyle Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner Father Kenneth Doyle fields questions about Christ’s death on the cross and the gravity of sin.
Grilling, procrastinating, graduating, and cicada watching (7 Quick Takes) May 23, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Warmer weather means my husband is grilling dinner more often.