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Editor’s note: This is part of a series for Lent. Each of God’s holy ones stand with their own story. Imagine a friend of God who loses her son, suffers through her husband’s alcoholism, sees […]

Editor’s note: This is the first of an eight-part series of columns for Lent. The saints can be great friends to us. This assertion might be surprising to some people. It can seem that the […]

My experience has been that far too much of our lives are often spent running in the fast lane. Many people, myself included, seem to go from one thing to the next without much time […]

I take very seriously the Profession of Faith in the Liturgy of the Mass and believe everything it contains. I also believe that living on this planet at this time is a divine appointment, an […]

Recently I reflected on the passage from the Gospel of Luke where Jesus gets up and preaches in his local synagogue and the people in his town write him off as just one of the […]

One of the major tasks of young adults is to discover God’s call. It is a process we all go through in one way or another. Each of us has a unique call — one […]

A friend of mine has just taken the standardized entrance examination for admission to law school. Thousands of people do this each year in America, so it should be no big deal, except that my […]

An important and often overlooked pitfall of overconsumption of media information is what we do with the news stories we see and hear. Tales of high-profile personalities involved in marital infidelity fill the tabloids, television […]

People are often curious or shocked when they encounter the Catholic custom of praying for the dead. They ask, “Why do you pray for them? They’re dead!” The question reflects some strongly held cultural beliefs […]

Editor’s Note: This column is part of a series on death and dying.Once, while in the parish, I was approached by a well-intentioned, non-Catholic funeral director who wanted certain things added to the funeral Mass. […]