COLUMNS
What God has joined together
When a marriage case comes before any Diocesan Tribunal, the question before the Chief Judge is this: Was this marriage joined together by God, or not?
Understanding the power of ritual
I don’t always find it easy to pray. Often I’m over-tired, distracted, caught-up in tasks, pressured by work, short on time, lacking the appetite for prayer, or more strongly drawn to do something else.
Fall is a good time renew our spiritual sense
There is something special about fall.
Raise our voice
The events in Charlottesville, Virginia, gave me many reasons for pause.
First experiences of eucharistic adoration
I think I was 19 years old the first time I went to eucharistic adoration. It wasn't regularly offered at my parish, and my family never lingered after Holy Thursday Mass.
Become the Body of Christ
When I lived in Alaska, I was an extraordinary minister of Holy Communion to the homebound.
Be thou my vision, but what do I see?
We cuddle together in the dark after the last book has been read. His 5-year-old limbs squirm as I whisper that it's time for sleep.
Life was hard 50 years ago but better than now for young people
In the fall of 1959, when I began my working life as a reporter for The Albuquerque Tribune, my salary was only $100 a week. I was already married and my wife, a stay-at-home mom, and I already had two children.
Love, like bread, needs to be made and remade
My mother may not have been the best of cooks, but there was never a night or a Sunday afternoon when she didn’t put a home cooked meal on the table in spite of working every day.
Deconstructing daily distractions
With most states enacting stringent laws on distracted driving, awareness of the dangers of trying to multitask behind the wheel of a 1,000-plus vehicle are commonplace.
God's command to kill the Canaanites
In his autobiography, Eric Clapton, the famed rock and blues artist, shares very candidly about his long struggle with an addiction to alcohol.
Overcoming pride to accept God's mercy
In her diary Divine Mercy in My Soul, the mystic St. Faustina Kowalska recalled Christ saying to her in a vision: “The greatest misery does not stop Me from uniting Myself to a soul, but where there is pride, I am not there.”
Technology: An unknown pilgrimage
By Brett Robinson | Catholic News Service This month marks a significant anniversary in the history of technology: It is the 10-year anniversary of the iPhone. Apple celebrated by unveiling yet another iPhone, this one called the iPhone X.
Hurricane Harvey and the kayaking priest
Hurricane Harvey stranded Father David Bergeron in his pick-up the night it ripped through Houston. The 38-year-old priest had been visiting his brother and had to pull over on an overpass three miles from his home in the flood-ravaged southeast side.
Good news, bad news
Would it surprise you to know that most Catholic parishioners are quite happy with their parishes? A whopping 92 percent rate their satisfaction with their parish as good or excellent.
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