The living dead and the grateful living
Readings: • 2 Kgs 5:14-17 • Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4 • 2 Tim 2:8-13 • Lk 17:11-19 Zombies have long been a part of popular culture, with numerous movies and books presenting stories about the […]
Readings: • 2 Kgs 5:14-17 • Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4 • 2 Tim 2:8-13 • Lk 17:11-19 Zombies have long been a part of popular culture, with numerous movies and books presenting stories about the […]
Which is your favorite Narnia book? If you need help deciding, or if you already love all of C. S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia and want to love them more, pick up The Chronicles of […]
Readings: • Hb 1:2-3; 2:2-4 • Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 • 2 Tm 1:6-8, 13-14 • Lk 17:5-10 “Lord, I would seek you, calling upon you—and calling upon you is an act of believing in […]
“All religions,” writes Pope Benedict XVI in the first volume of Jesus of Nazareth, “try in one way or another to lift the veil of the future. They seem important precisely because they impart knowledge […]
Readings: • Am 6:1a, 4-7 • Ps 146:7, 8-9, 9-10 • 1 Tm 6:11-16 • Lk 16:19-31 As we hear the various parables from the Gospel of Luke, it is good to keep two things […]
The other night, I watched a few minutes of the comedian Ricky Gervais’s new comedy show. Early in, he does a bit about his atheism and his willingness nonetheless to abide expressions of religious devotion. […]
The fourth and final volume of the remarkable commentary series Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word: Meditations on the Gospel according to Saint Matthew, written by Fr. Simeon Leiva-Merikakis, OCSO, was published recently by […]
The teaching “You cannot serve God and mammon” (Mt. 6:24) encourages us to take a humble view of money. Money is not equal to God, nor should we worship it. However, we must not lose […]
Every loving parent wants their child to flourish. Parents want their children to be happy in this life and truly fulfilled in the life to come. Yet, the youth of the upcoming generation are not […]
Readings: • Am 8:4-7 • Ps 113:1-2, 4-6, 7-8 • 1 Tm 2:1-8 • Lk 16:1-13 How difficult is the parable of the dishonest steward, heard in today’s Gospel reading? “Of all of Jesus’ parables,” […]
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