In a new essay for Our Sunday Visitor, Father Patrick Hakes tells the story of a Bible he found in a puddle under a bridge while he was running recently. He calls it the “Ought ...
Do you want to learn more and read more about St. Joseph during this Year of St. Joseph? Writer Shaun McAfee shares some resources that include Pope Francis’ apostolic letter Patris Corde, books and prayer ...
In the first of two parts on “How to Pray,” Lenny DeLorenzo writes in his latest Letter to a Young Catholic, that we need to approach God as beggars. He writes: “We are in need ...
In his first pastoral letter, Bishop David J. Bonnar of the Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio, offers five priorities to lead the faithful and clergy from darkness to testify the light. They include prayer, healing, communication, ...
Author Colleen Pressprich reminds families that “Like Lent, Easter is a season. And the Church, in her wisdom, has more for us. More joy, more feasting, more life. Fifty days of it to be precise. ...
Joe Heschmeyer explores redemptive suffering. Suffering exists, and there’s no getting around it, and no escaping from it. But suffering doesn’t have to be pointless. Because God is good, we know that he will only ...
Ellen Mady writes: “Truth is a property of being, and therefore not a virtue in itself; behaving truthfully, however, is a virtue — or rather, several virtues. Honesty, sincerity and transparency are among the values ...
Writer Renée Darline Roden asks, “What am I hoping to be healed from in Lent?” She notes, “Healing begins with naming our vulnerabilities, naming our weaknesses,” and adds, “Healing means being made whole. It means ...
In his third letter to young Catholics, Lenny DeLorenzo addresses the myth of multitasking. He says, “The truth is that the more we multitask, the worse we get at paying close attention to any single ...
In a new reflection on the life of St. Joseph, Notre Dame theology professor John Cavadini explores how uncovering St. Joseph’s mysterious role in the Incarnation can lead us to a deeper appreciation of the ...