Open wide the doors of Faith
It was an awkward moment. Our friend Angela loves to swim. As the mother of three, she invariably arrives at the pool tired, and...
The tabernacle and the feast
The Eucharist is reserved in churches or oratories to serve as the spiritual center of a religious community or a parish community. - Paul...
27th Sunday: The vineyard of the Lord
Turn again, O God of hosts; look down from heaven and see; have regard for this vine, the stock that your right hand has...
Feast of St. Therese of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face
Today we celebrate the Saint of the Little Way, a cloistered nun who died at the age of only twenty-four, having led a very...
26th Sunday: Self-giving, self-emptying love
Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus (Phil 6:14).
Two Sundays ago, when we celebrated the Feast of the Exaltation...
25th Sunday: The Kingdom of God
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. (Is 55:9)
The parable of the workers in the vineyard...
Women set the standards for relationships.
I have a secret shame and it’s called 19 Kids and Counting.
I’m a big fan of the show. There is something so intriguing about the...
The Presence-Prayers of Children
There’s been quite a bit of media coverage lately about kiddies at Mass. One parish’s idea had made the Facebook rounds a while back:...
23rd Sunday: Sacred liturgy and Catholic culture
O come, let us worship God and bow down, before the God who made us, for He is the Lord our God (Ps 95:6-7).
In what...
22nd Sunday: Embrace the Cross
If anyone wants to become my disciple, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. (Mt 16:24)
As we continue our reading...