Commentary & Columns BlogCommentaryOpen Window A sweet gift, a birthday, Easter foods, and spring snow (7 Quick Limericks) Rita BuettnerApril 2, 20212 min read If you like limericks, this post is for you. Read More BlogCommentaryOpen Window The finches’ first Easter Rita BuettnerApril 2, 20213 min read This will be our pet birds’ first Easter with us. Read More BooksCommentaryEasterFeatureThe Narthex ‘Petook: The Rooster Who Met Jesus’ makes Easter story accessible for children George P. Matysek Jr.April 1, 20214 min read Parents looking to introduce their children to the Easter story in a loving, gentle way have a great resource in “Petook: The Rooster Who Met Jesus.” Read More A More Human SocietyCommentary Confusions about blessings Richard DoerflingerMarch 31, 20214 min read The church cannot change its teaching for self-styled “liberals” or “conservatives,” as it must serve the designs of God found in Scripture and fully revealed by Christ. Read More CommentaryEasterThe Catholic Difference The Easter explosion George WeigelMarch 31, 20214 min read What happened on Easter Sunday was the most explosive experience in human history, shattering all previous expectations of human destiny. Read More BlogCommentaryEasterOpen Window Walking through Holy Week Rita BuettnerMarch 30, 20213 min read We don’t need to begin the holiest week of the year at our best. It comes either way. And maybe we’re prepared to receive the risen Jesus in a way we can’t quite see. Read More CommentaryDivine WorshipEasterFeatureGuest Commentary What will we sing in heaven? Dominican Father Vincent Ferrer BaganMarch 30, 20214 min read If we allow the graces of the cross to take away all in our lives that is not of God, we will eventually be ready to celebrate the perpetual Easter of heaven, in which we will sing “Holy, holy, holy,” and “Glory to God in the highest,” and “Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia,” without end, rejoicing with all the angels and saints in God’s presence forever. Read More BlogCommentarySnippets of Faith We say grace in this house Suzanna Molino SingletonMarch 29, 20213 min read Whether you and I are in good practice or not of praying in the morning, evening, or throughout the day, thanking God for our meals is a simple and easy way to praise Him. Read More BlogCommentaryOpen Window My father’s cookies, a leftover bunny, and other discoveries (7 Quick Takes) Rita BuettnerMarch 26, 20214 min read ~1~ Can you go to your parents’ house and come home empty-handed? Me neither. I came home with a bag of my father’s homemade cookies, a copy of the newspaper with our wedding announcement in it, a few wedding photos I had forgotten about, and printouts of our online guestbook. I don’t even recall having […] Read More CommentaryFeatureGuest Commentary A look at 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines — and counting! Father Ricky ManaloMarch 25, 20216 min read The quincentenary that marks the introduction of Roman Catholicism in the Philippines cannot go unnoticed, given the impact and influence that Catholicism has and continues to have in the everyday lives of Filipinos. Read More Previous 1 … 160 161 162 … 292 Next