COMMENTARY

FATHER KOCH: Preparing for the coming of the Holy Spirit

In the Acts of the Apostles, St. Luke suggests a ...

Stop scrolling, start creating: A wake-up call for Catholics

The latest admonition (on cultural trends) comes from a 60-year-old social psychologist whose book ...

With God we can change our ruts into life-giving furrows

Most of us remember repeated sayings from our parents.

Father Koch: Simple enough: Love one another

Jesus delivers a lengthy and thorough instruction ...

Father Koch: Jesus as the vine identifies himself and us with Israel

There are multiple ways in which the Gospel writers see Jesus ...

Father Koch: The Good Shepherd leads all to the father

The Fourth Sunday of Easter always draws our ...

Father Koch: The Word uses the Word of God to instruct the disciples

Two disciples had left Jerusalem and were walking ...

Help My Unbelief

Easter is a time of rejoicing and peace!

Father Koch: Like Thomas, there are many who struggle ...

The reports on that Sunday morning, fueled by the ...

Three ways to find silence in our digital age

One day, I was running an errand that took me along the Pacific Coast Highway.

Father Koch: Easter helps us to understand this life and the life to come

As we encounter increasing hostility to our ...

Father Koch: Passion Sunday directs our focus to the Cross

Even as the promised hope of the Resurrection looms...

Life

Growing up, my family played a lot of board games, one of the most frequented ones...

Father Koch: The grain of wheat becomes the Body of Christ

Somewhere around 10,000 B.C., our ancestors began to ...

Recalling the quiet lessons under the willow tree

When I was a child, I often sat outside in the backyard under our willow tree ...


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