If love is the engine that drives a marriage, mercy is the oil that keeps its many parts running smoothly.

Communication is not the essential ingredient for a successful marriage; commitment is.

Flannery O’Connor was not an evangelist. She was an artist, one of the most gifted American fiction writers of the 20th century. But a profoundly Catholic theological vision informs her art, giving her stories resonance and depth that sound deep — and sometimes deeply disturbing — spiritual chords.

“Death of a Salesman” has much to say to us Christians as we navigate the highways and backroads of our own moral lives.

No matter how much a baby was desired, his arrival will often turn a marriage on its ear. Take a snapshot of a married couple with a new baby and it may look less like a holy card and more like an S.O.S.

Somewhere in your community, there is a chance to be present to those who struggle.

It is fitting that as Catholic Schools Week begins and we mark the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, the patron saint of Catholic education, that we consider the importance and significance of friendship.

Canonical form is an important concept to understand and be aware of because if a Catholic does not marry according to canonical form — say, if a Catholic decided to get married by a justice of the peace — this marriage would be considered not only illicit, but also invalid.

Then I thought of going to Mass. I should be able to get to 100 Masses over the next 12 months.

For several years I have been awaiting the calendar to turn to 2024, because I knew that this year, the three-year Eucharistic Revival would reach its summit in the 10th National Eucharistic Congress.