Nighttime conversations with children and God January 15, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window The wonder of the Bible reading might be that—even though he’s tired and half-asleep—Eli realizes that God is calling Samuel and tells him how to respond the next time he hears the voice. Eli tells Samuel to say, “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.”
Humpty Dumpty, blessings and the masters of meaning January 15, 2024By Russell Shaw OSV News Filed Under: Commentary As the flurry of distressed reactions to this declaration reminds us, the Catholic vision of marriage, family life, and human sexuality exists in a secular environment that regards the faith with profound hostility.
The saint you need for January January 13, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window In the dreariness of January, we might be feeling kind of meh. Well, it turns out there’s a saint for that.
Compromise: An Essential Element of Politics January 12, 2024By Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Immigration and Migration Because the issue of migration evokes disparate responses from different parts of the electorate, it will never be resolved unless there are compromises, which are an essential element of our political system.
Resolution vs revival and slouching toward surrender January 10, 2024By Kris Frank OSV News Filed Under: Commentary For meaningful change to happen in our lives we may have to face the fact that it will mean allowing God to take charge of them, and then each of us slouching our way toward surrender.
Question Corner: Why does the Christmas season end with Jesus’ baptism? January 10, 2024By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner Jesus’ baptism truly is a major “turning of the page” in Jesus’ life, since, after his baptism at the hands of John the Baptist his quiet, hidden life became one of public ministry, wherein he actively sought to make his saving mission and identity known and proclaimed.
God is calling your name. Will you respond? January 7, 2024By Gretchen R. Crowe OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Consider for a moment how endlessly the Lord, too, calls us to himself, and how greatly he wants us to respond.
Guide us to thy perfect light January 6, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Some days we might be like the shepherd in the fields, meeting God unexpectedly without warning. Other days we might be more like the wise men, following a star, looking for God and answering his invitation to be with him.
Five events in 2024 to help us be better Catholics January 5, 2024By Gretchen R. Crowe OSV News Filed Under: Commentary We might be facing a contentious election season this year, but we can never forget how much we have to look forward to.
The MAD magazine caricature of U.S. Catholicism January 4, 2024By George Weigel Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Commentary, The Catholic Difference U.S. Catholicism’s intellectual life is robust, dynamically orthodox, and culture-enriching — unlike Catholic intellectual life in those large swathes of western Europe where “Follow the Zeitgeist to Mordor” is the order of the day.
Question Corner: What is church teaching on Protestant Communion and the Real Presence? January 3, 2024By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner The Catholic Church does not recognize any Protestant denomination as having the Real Presence in the Eucharist.
Make a resolution for the climate, for the sanctity of life January 3, 2024By Effie Caldarola OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Environment As Pope Francis has reminded us, our whole ecosystem is challenged, almost to the point of no return.
