Praying during the Holy YearFather Robert M. O'Grady
With the apt title "Prayer Today: A Challenge to Overcome," Cardinal Angelo Comastri leads off the series of prayer guides for the Holy Year 2025. Cardinal Comastri is not the first and will not be the ...
Catholic Schools WeekArchbishop Richard G. Henning
As we get further from the pandemic crisis that gripped the world in 2020, I hope that we are willing to examine our choices and learn from them. I am sorry to say that I think that the lockdown efforts ...
Let There be Peace on Earth Maureen Crowley Heil
As is the custom, on December 26, the Feast of Saint Stephen, proto martyr of our faith, a report was released by Fides, the news agency of the Pontifical Mission Societies at the Vatican. The annual ...
The anointingScott Hahn
The Liturgy last week revealed the mystery of God's plan -- that in Jesus all peoples, symbolized by the Magi, have been made "coheirs" to the blessings promised to Israel. This week, we're shown ...
Scripture Reflection for Jan. 12, 2025, Feast of the Baptism of the LordFather Joshua J. Whitfield
Is 42:1-4, 6-7 or Is 40:1-5, 9-11 Ps 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10 or Ps 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10 Acts 10:34-38 or Ti 2:11-14; 3:4-7 Lk 3:15-16, 21-22 Through the liturgy of the church, we are brought into intimacy ...
Ancient wisdom for the modern desert: Bishop Varden on the Desert FathersDr. R. Jared Staudt
Jesus told us we must "seek first the kingdom," but where should we find it? In the ancient world, St. Antony the Great inspired thousands to follow him into the desert, seeking solitude to focus completely ...
Holidays of Ordinary TimesLucia A. Silecchia
As I turned the calendar from December to January, I had a familiar, sinking feeling. Compared to December, January looks bleak. It seems like a long time until festivities once again fill our days. At ...
Why is Mary's perpetual virginity so controversial for Protestants?Jenna Marie Cooper
Q: Something that's always been kind of interesting to me is how much Protestants object to Mary's perpetual virginity. I get balking at her Immaculate Conception, her as mediatrix of all graces, asking ...
The jubilee of jubileesFather Robert M. O’Grady
Jubilee years can be traced back to the people of Israel: "Thou shalt sanctify the fiftieth year, and shalt proclaim remission to all the inhabitants of thy land: for it is the year of jubilee" (Lev 25:10). ...
ResoluteArchbishop Richard G. Henning
With the arrival of the new year, it is the custom to decide upon one or more New Year's resolutions. We might like to improve our physical health or find more time for relaxation. Maybe we want to ...
