COMMENTARY

Father Koch: We need to experience mercy before we can preach mercy

The story of Jonah is very familiar.

Mary Morrell: Knowing we have enough is a place of peace and gratitude

While a blogger for a Catholic publisher, my task was ...

We can all use a little inspiration

If you saw them in the grocery store, or at the bank, ...

Father Koch: Prophets and mentors can to point us to Christ

We are introduced to one of the most significant personage ...

Follow the Star

In Sunday’s Gospel we read about the journey of the Magi...

Feasts of the Holy Family & Mary, Mother of God

“I was in Home Depot last night and there wasn’t a string of....

FATHER KOCH: Every family needs an Anna and a Simeon

The Sunday after Christmas is traditionally observed as ...

'Freud's Last Session': A timely film on questions of God and human dialogue

In a cinematic world often captivated by action and spectacle, director Matthew Brown...

A hopeful and reflective look back at 2023, before the new year

As we welcome the new year, it’s a time for ...

Welcome Jesus into the manger of your heart, papal preacher says

The first step toward keeping Christ in Christmas is ...

Ready, Set, Christmas!

It does do a pretty good job of demonstrating the message ...

Father Koch: Mary is the one who brings the Son into the world

The peculiarity of the calendar leaves us with a Fourth Week of Advent ...

Live in the spirit of Bob Cratchit this Christmas

Charles Dickens writes in the preface to his famous ...

Welcome Jesus into the manger of your heart, papal preacher says

he first step toward keeping Christ in Christmas is for Christians ...

Can both science and faith go wrong? Vatican Observatory director says 'yes'

Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno is the director of the Vatican Observatory.


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