Perspective
Understanding Our Lenten Call to Conversion and Repentance
āThe kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the Gospel.ā The First Sunday of Lent is upon us, and through the readings and prayers, we dive right […]
āThe kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the Gospel.ā The First Sunday of Lent is upon us, and through the readings and prayers, we dive right […]
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time The first reading for this weekend comes from the Book of Leviticus. In sequence, Leviticus is the third book in modern translations of the Bible. […]
Do you ever wish we Catholics could shift culture as effectively as we shift fast food menus during Lent? Thereās a huge billboard on my block that just changed out […]
Our Catholic faith is a faith of the senses, especially during the celebration of the Eucharist. We taste Our Lord Himself, receiving Him into our mouths at holy Communion; we […]
At the beginning of 2024, Pope Francis offered strong public criticism of surrogate motherhood. His willingness to speak out on this important topic has helped to pull surrogacy out of […]
āYou are merciful to all, O Lord, and despise nothing that you have made. You overlook peopleās sins, to bring them to repentance, and you spare them, for you are […]
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time The Book of Job is the source of this weekendās first reading. This book furnishes few details about the identity of Job. It nonetheless is […]
St. Philip Neri is widely known as āthe joyful saint.ā Famously, he encouraged joy as the way of Christian perfection, saying, āA joyful heart is more easily made perfect than […]
The movie, musical, and now musical movie āMean Girlsā is a reminder of one of the more miserable sides of adolescence: in groups and out groups, the cool kids and […]
One after another, influencers are taking the plunge. The cold-water plunge. I couldnāt help but follow along when Elizabeth Ries, a lovable TV personality from Minneapolis, joined the trend this […]
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time The Book of Deuteronomy furnishes the first reading for this weekend. Deuteronomy appears in bibles as the fifth book in sequence in the Old Testament. […]
Sometimes you hope to be wrong. For example: A good friend from college seminary discerned out of formation and began to pursue a relationship with a young woman. I didnāt […]