Running behind on something? Don’t worry. You’re still doing better than the postcard my sister and her children sent to us last summer.
Commentary
Life in Christ
Like Jesus, we don’t have to look for approval, control or safety outside ourselves.
Maryknoll pilgrimage to Central America offers glimpse of ‘sacrifice’
During our visit, we encountered Maryknoll priests, sisters and lay missionaries working as pastoral coordinators, catechists, teachers, healthcare providers and agricultural and clean-water advisors
7 Lessons I Learned at Disney World
Our older son traveled to Disney World with his high school band, so we decided to tag along as a family.
A miracle at a Sunday Mass in Connecticut
The fact that the hosts have become Jesus’ body through the consecration is its own miracle. This possible multiplication of the hosts feels like a miracle on top of a miracle—and it fills me with joy.
Question Corner: How can I contribute to every charity that asks?
Rather than demanding a specific percentage of our income, the church leaves the dollar amount of our charitable giving up to our own good-faith discernment of what we can realistically afford.
Praying for healing for our pet
Every morning when I check the cages, I am relieved to see Ron is still with us, ready for his breakfast, looking forward to the day. I hope he pulls through and that he’s not in pain.
An invitation from God
Every year as the Feast of the Annunciation approaches, I think of how our Blessed Mother received the news that she would be the mother of Jesus.
‘Annunciation’: Salvation and the words of the air
In March, with Christmas now feeling well-behind us, we nevertheless touch it again, for on the 25th of this month we observe the Solemnity of the Annunciation as recorded in the Gospel of St. Luke.
Fully entering into the Triduum
God leaves the safety and glory of heaven, in a certain sense, and embraces the limitations of our human condition, coming to know in the flesh both the glory and tragedy of our nature without ever having sinned.
Question Corner: Jesus became man so I could become God?
Even in the heavenly life of the world to come, we retain our human nature.
The mental health crisis crosses all boundaries and ages
We’re all called to love unconditionally, to be the Prodigal’s father welcoming with open arms, to open our doors to a wider perimeter.