Readings: • Is 43:16-21 • Ps 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 • Phil 3:8-14 • Jn 8:1-11 Imagine being caught in a most serious and embarrassing sin, then taken into a crowded public area and placed […]
Quoting the Code of Canon Law, the Catechism begins its reflections on the Sacrament of Matrimony in this manner: The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of […]
When Simon Peter saw the great catch, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.” (Luke 5:8) Peter had already witnessed Jesus heal his mother-in-law […]
Among the numerous lessons for Lent that can be gleaned from reflecting on the conversion of St. Paul, and especially the fruit of that conversion embodied in his teaching, let us focus first on his […]
Readings: • Ex 3:1-8a, 13-15 • Ps 103: 1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 11 • 1 Cor 10:1-6, 10-12 • Lk 13:1-9 When asked why they climb, professional mountaineers often give varied but interconnected reasons. They […]
A prophet with a perilous mission “And the Lord sent Nathan to David” (2 Sam 12:1). The context of Nathan’s mission is ominous. After committing adultery with Bathsheba and, in order to hide that sin, […]
Readings: • Gn 15:5-12, 17-18 • Ps 27:1, 7-8, 8-9, 13-14 • Phil 3:17—4:1 • Lk 9:28b-36 What a difference a week makes! From temptation in the desert to Transfiguration on the mount; from supernatural […]
Readings for Sunday, March 6, 2022: • Dt 26:4-10 • Ps 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15 • Rom 10:8-13 • Lk 4:1-13 “The whole story of the Temptation is misconceived,” wrote Monsignor Ronald Knox, “if we […]
“Do this in memory of me.” –Luke 22:19 For a few years now, I have observed the slow but steady corrosion of my spelling ability. With the rising ubiquity of spell-check and especially auto-correct features […]
Pope Francis waves during the Angelus on Sept. 26, 2021 / Vatican Media
Vatican City, Feb 20, 2022 / 08:22 am (CNA).
To love one’s enemies and to turn the other cheek seems impossible, but Jesus Christ’s love gives Christians this strength that… […]
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