Readings: • Is 58:7-10 • Ps 112:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 • 1 Cor 2:1-5 • Mt. 5:13-16 It is small, simple, and composed mostly of something that doesn’t sound tasty at all: sodium chloride. But the […]
Joseph Pearce is the author of numerous books, including biographies of G.K. Chesterton, J.R.R. Tolkien, Oscar Wilde, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, William Shakespeare, and more, and is the editor of the Ignatius Critical Editions series. He has written books about literature, including Literature: What […]
Readings: Mal 3:1-4 Psa 24:7, 8, 9, 10 Heb 2:14-18 Lk 2:22-40 The Gospel of Luke contains many details and stories about the infancy of Jesus not found elsewhere. Today’s Gospel reading is one such […]
Readings: • Zeph. 2:3; 3:12-13 • Psa. 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10 • 1 Cor. 1:26-31 • Matt. 5:1-12a During this Sunday’s Gospel Reading, we hear the Beatitudes, among the most well-known and oft-quoted sayings of Jesus. […]
Readings: • Isa 8:23-9:3 • Psa 27:1, 4, 13-14 • 1 Cor 1:10-13, 17 • Mt 4:12-23 Take a moment and make an inventory of every light you might use or benefit from in the […]
Readings: • Is 49:3, 5-6 • Ps 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10 • 1 Cor 1:1-3 • Jn 1:29-34 Taken as a whole, this Sunday’s readings can, I think, be summarized in a single sentence: […]
Readings: • is 42:1-4, 6-7 • Ps 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10 • Acts 10:34-38 • Mt 3:13-17 Was it fitting and necessary for Jesus to be baptized? It is an important question, and the answer […]
Angela Franks, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Theology at the Catholic University of America and the President of the Academy of Catholic Theology for 2025–26. Her study and writing focus on identity, the body, the […]
“To understand the depth of the issues and why Leo might be the perfect man for the job,” said Ken Craycraft in his CWR review of Christopher R. Altieri’s new book, Leo XIV: The New Pope and Catholic […]
Readings: • Isa 60:1-6 • Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13 • Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6 • Mt 2:1-12 “Worship,” observed Fr. Gerald Vann, O.P., “is not a part of the Christian life: it is the Christian […]
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