Commentary & Columns Commentary Pray the news, pray the media, and imbue the culture with Christ Sister Nancy UsslemannDecember 6, 20234 min read Growing our spiritual lives while immersed in a digital world requires a media spirituality that centers us in Christ, the perfect communicator. Read More ChristmasCommentaryQuestion Corner Can one Mass satisfy my Sunday and Christmas obligation in 2023? Jenna Marie CooperDecember 6, 20234 min read You cannot “double dip” by attending a Christmas eve Mass that happens to be on Sunday and have this one Mass fulfill two obligations. Read More ChristmasCommentaryYoung Adult Ministry Keep the candle lit: pouring out the greatest gift Christina CapecchiDecember 5, 20234 min read The things we buy cannot replace quality time spent with loved ones. Read More Commentary Detachment as a component of God’s peace Elizabeth ScaliaDecember 4, 20235 min read Detachment scares people — it sounds like coldness or indifference — but I’m coming to believe it’s actually a deep manifestation of love. Read More Charity in TruthChild & Youth ProtectionCommentaryFrom the Archbishop How shall we continue? Archbishop William E. LoriDecember 4, 20234 min read Pope Francis wrote about encountering Christ and the joy of evangelizing, a church that goes forth, not hiding or shrinking from challenges, but embracing them in openness and love to all. Read More AdventCommentarySaints Spend this Advent season with the saints Bert GhezziDecember 3, 20237 min read Advent prepares us for Jesus’ coming at Christmas and for his coming into our lives afresh. And no one knows how to get ready to welcome Christ better than the saints. Read More AdventCommentary Let the warmth of Advent pull the bleak midwinter from you Effie CaldarolaDecember 2, 20233 min read Make Advent loving and fun, with your focus on Jesus. Read More AdventArts & CultureCommentary Unity is impossible? Here’s what a 450-Year-Old, 40-part motet can teach us Jaymie Stuart WolfeDecember 1, 20234 min read The richness of 40 distinct voices lifts the soul upward, but also outward. Read More Commentary Friday abstinence: Getting to the meat of the matter Emily Stimpson ChapmanNovember 30, 20237 min read Abstaining from meat is still the U.S. bishops’ stated preference for how Catholics should observe Fridays. Read More CommentaryRespect Life How do we win the abortion battle? Maybe like this. Greg ErlandsonNovember 30, 20234 min read What the pro-life movement in general, and unfortunately even the church, has not done is to campaign convincingly for what replaces the “safety net” of abortion in the voters’ minds. Read More Previous 1 … 93 94 95 … 293 Next