The Dispatch
“Why were you looking for me?”
Readings: • Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 or 1 Sm 1:20-22, 24-28 • Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 or Ps 84:2-3, 5-6, 9-10 • Col 3:12-21 or 1 Jn 3:1-2, 21-24 • Lk 2:41-52 Being lost isn’t always […]
Ronald Knox
Essay
The End and the Eucharist: Advent Wisdom from Newman and Knox
“There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on earth nations will be in dismay, perplexed by the roaring of the sea and the waves.” —Luke 21:25 Mass shootings. Destructive […]
Essay
At the altar, yet far from the Lord
How can priests who are not only intimately united to the Eucharistic Lord but who also receive the graces of the Eucharist each day betray […]
Essay
Hope in the Face of Crisis
Jesus Christ is both the source and the object of our hope. Even during times of crisis, he remains with us as he promised he […]
Analysis
Critics misrepresent Cardinal Sarah’s call for reverence in receiving Holy Communion
Why are so many avoiding the key question: Why has belief in Christ’s Real Presence in the Eucharist diminished in recent decades? […]