Celebrating Gaudete Sunday, Renée Roden writes that even in pandemic times, “Our lives need events. The rhythm of life demands the interruption of the ordinary. These celebrations break through our daily lives to shout: “This ...
In an interview with Our Sunday Visitor, internationally renowned pianist and composer Ian Mulder discusses his life in music, the reasons he left his home country of the Netherlands to live in the United States, ...
Shaun McAfee writes that each passing Advent helps him to consider the conditions and anxieties of the first Christmas, which is why praying the Joyful Mysteries with heartfelt contemplation comes as a timely advantage. There ...
Joe Grabowski writes, “It’s true. The End Times are indeed upon us!” He says, “The season of Advent and the preceding weeks of Ordinary Time mean to bring home this urgency to us, by focusing ...
“Do you number yourself among those who approach family holiday gatherings with sadness rather than joy?” asks Erin McCole Cupp. For survivors of family abuse or dysfunction, the Christmas season can promise more hurt than ...
There are so many voices around, crying for our attention, bombarding our senses. How can we discern or distinguish and identify the voice of God? Jesuit Father Peter Schineller observes that God often speaks to ...
In the final piece of a ten-part series on the Ten Commandments, Leonard J. DeLorenzo talks about the Ninth and Tenth Commandments: Thou shall not covet your neighbor’s wife; Thou shall not covet your neighbor’s ...
Bill Dodds says that as we look at life’s ruts, perhaps we need to see it as God does: “It could be you’re exactly where he wants you to be and doing exactly what he ...
Zoom was fun in the beginning. Now videoconferencing is becoming wearisome, and “Zoom fatigue” is well and truly a thing. We now need to be more intentional in our approach to Zoom meetings in order ...
Marcel LeJeune writes that the COVID-19 “pandemic is a unique time with unique challenges, but God is not dormant and neither should we be nor should our institutions sit still. We need to courageously act ...