COLUMNS

Smiling behind your mask

There is great irony in the twists and turns of our journey through COVID-19. 

A habit to break: 'Doomscrolling'

A June 25 WIRED magazine article described a new and dangerous habit that has become part of popular technology practices.

Praying when we don’t know how

"He taught us how to pray while not knowing how to pray.”

Teach us to fight racism

The Catholic Church never taught me how to fight racism.

Learning how to saunter: the gifts of quarantine

Tonight I wrote two events on my calendar: a birthday party and a Baptism. 

Father Koch: Jesus frees us from the power of the Law

For many of the contemporaries of Jesus, the Law of Moses was seen as a burden. 

New 'Directory for Catechesis': A timely invitation to catechetical renewal

The long-awaited "Directory for Catechesis" from the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization arrives at a most timely moment ...

Rediscover the miraculous

It seems like just about every community in the world has undergone some form of quarantine ...

Father Koch: The Lord sets up oases in the midst of a hostile world

On Dec. 20, 2015, Salah Farah was in a bus heading for Mandera, a town in northern Kenya. 

Living off the labor of others

One of my daily rituals during the pandemic has been to take a walk in my neighborhood. 

After protests, work for racial justice

I grew up in farm country where community was maintained by certain customs.

Rediscover the miraculous

It seems like just about every community in the world has undergone some form of quarantine over the past months. 

Father Koch: Christ Is truly present with us

Over the past three months, Catholics throughout the world were largely deprived of the privilege of sharing in the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. 

Some advice on prayer from an old master

At the risk of being simplistic, I want to say something about prayer in a very simple way.

How faith grows in quarantine

Families have never been closer. Families have never been farther apart.


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