commeNTARY Arts & CultureCommentary In praise of singing Laura Kelly FanucciMarch 7, 20244 min read It’s a foretaste of heaven to look around Mass and witness the full participation of the people of God. CommentaryLentQuestion Corner Question Corner: For those who avoid meat anyway, is there another Lenten Friday penance? Jenna Marie CooperMarch 7, 20244 min read if you personally feel that Friday abstinence during Lent is not enough of a sacrifice to be spiritually beneficial for you, you are certainly free to incorporate another penitential practice in addition to abstinence on Fridays. CommentaryThe Catholic Difference Two who didn’t run George WeigelMarch 7, 20244 min read Both Stanley Rother and Alexei Navalny exemplified the cardinal virtue of courage, which is also a gift of the Holy Spirit. CommentaryImmigration and Migration Politicization of migration policy is causing a migrant standstill Bishop Nicholas DiMarzioMarch 6, 20244 min read There are two major policy goals needed at this time. We need not only better border management, but also the distinctive compassion of past immigration policies, such as family reunification and attention to our labor needs and to immigrant workers. Commentary Mission by mail Jaymie Stuart WolfeMarch 6, 20244 min read God can and does use anything and everything to reach us, to communicate his love, to connect us to one another. It seems that a mission to spread the joy of the Gospel can be conducted by mail. Commentary Looking for signs and Nineveh Effie CaldarolaMarch 5, 20243 min read It takes spiritual maturity to become the sign rather than, like a hopeful child, demanding one. Charity in TruthCommentaryFeature Home-court advantage Archbishop William E. LoriMarch 4, 20243 min read To come home to ourselves, we need silence. We need to pray in secret. We need to be open, welcoming to God who wants to dwell in us. We need to trust that he knows us best, loves us most and gives us what we need. BlogCommentaryLentOpen Window A Balloon at Mass Rita BuettnerMarch 3, 20243 min read As we turned to leave Mass, I saw that a little boy in the back had snagged a balloon. BlogCommentaryLentOpen Window Gratitude at the grocery store Rita BuettnerMarch 1, 20243 min read A few months ago, I noticed that our grocery store no longer had hand-held shopping baskets. If you wanted to shop, you had to use one of the large rolling grocery carts. CommentaryLent Listen, for heaven’s sake! Bishop Robert ReedMarch 1, 20244 min read To listen to Christ is not merely to obey, but to hear deeply, in the place where daily conversion can occur. In this declared “Year of Prayer,” it is not too much to consider that listening is very much a part of the act of prayer. Previous 1 … 2 3 4 … 212 Next