What all Hispanics lost in the tragedy of the El Paso massacre August 22, 2019By Moises Sandoval Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary Reports from around the country show that all of us, whether Mexican Americans, Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Central or South Americans or Caribbean peoples, feel less safe, whether our roots in lands now in the U.S. go back, as mine, 325 years, or whether we are recent immigrants.
We need to have the open arms of Christ August 15, 2019By Patrick Sprankle Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary We need to be a better nation, too, and, with arms open like Jesus on the cross, be there to offer hope and healing and hospitality to our neighbors, our family in need.
A Catholic Apologist in the NFL June 6, 2019By Father Ed Dougherty, M.M. Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Light One Candle “The most important goal of a single Catholic man is to get his soul to heaven,” Zuerlein says, “but the most important goal of a married Catholic man expands to getting not only his own soul to heaven, but also those of his wife and children. It’s almost as if, as a result of the love that you share, you have one soul as a family.”
Selling the sizzle at a parish near you June 1, 2019By Greg Erlandson Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary I think we need parishes to start using their ingenuity to get people’s attention.
The Eucharist and Christ’s love May 23, 2019By Father Ed Dougherty, M.M. Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Light One Candle Ultimately, adoration opens our hearts to the reality of Christ’s love, empowering us to return to our everyday lives and relationships inspired to follow in his footsteps by making sacrifices and being willing to do what is right for the sake of others.
This summer let young and old climb aboard the same canoe! May 16, 2019By Sister Constance Veit, L.S.P. Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary This summer, be intentional about bringing the generations in your family or neighborhood together.
What Jean Vanier taught us May 14, 2019By Effie Caldarola Filed Under: Commentary, For the Journey, Guest Commentary Vanier changed attitudes toward the intellectually and physically disabled in ways so deep that we can hardly comprehend it.
A question sprung from the garden May 2, 2019By Effie Caldarola Filed Under: Commentary, For the Journey, Guest Commentary We celebrate, we loudly proclaim “Alleluia,” but we also hover in that upper room, wondering what this event means for the rest of our lives. As Christians, it is the question we cannot deny or avoid. It’s the pivotal question of our entire existence.
The women who stayed April 26, 2019By Laura Kelly Fanucci Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary Imagine how different the story might have been if the women had not gone to the tomb while others slept, had not discovered the body gone, had not listened to the angels or had not run to tell the stunning news of Christ’s resurrection that changed everything.
Scary prayers that are good for you April 2, 2019By Greg Erlandson Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary Scary prayers are prayers where even the very words you say seem to convict you.
Are screens becoming substitute parents? March 21, 2019By Brett Robinson Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary Unfortunately, in many instances, the mother-child bond is interrupted when screens are used to placate a restless toddler.
Give up worry for Lent March 15, 2019By Tony Rossi Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Lent Venerable Fulton Sheen once said of worry: “Nothing is more destined to create deep-seated anxieties in people than the false assumption that life should be free from anxieties.”
