COMMENTARY

Holding on to God with open hands

Years ago, during counseling for depression, ...

“Being ‘The Good Samaritan’, By Lisa Valentino, Fiat Ventures

This past week as I have done many times before over the last 10 years I had an opportunity to be a part of Catholic Heart Workcamp with teens from my parish and all over the country.

Father Koch: Angels are often among seeking our hospitality

A necessary value of a nomadic culture is that of hospitality. 

We are only just beginning to make abortion unthinkable

Amid the sea of signs carried at the many rallies following ...

Father Koch: Jesus calls us to overcome all forms of prejudice and hatred

For many of us, even the most casual of Christians, to talk about loving God sounds both easy to do, and at the same time, also very abstract.

A foretaste of heaven

The Church dedicates the entire month of July to the Most Precious Blood of Jesus Christ.

Father Koch: Authentic discipleship demands humility

While we often think of the Twelve as the ...

Catching God at the ballfield

I have spent countless nights at baseball fields, but never have I ...

What’s in a farewell?

We know at the end of the day farewells are not so much a death as a transition. 

Father Koch: Are we ready to be disciples of Jesus?

Once again reminded of the power of the call to discipleship ...

What's cooking? Ingredients for life

Congratulations, graduates, you're on your way!

Father Koch: Christ truly feeds us wIth his Body and Blood

This year marks the beginning of a three-year Eucharistic Revival in the United States.

Pray with intention to act in the wake of shootings

After an all-too-common massacre is visited upon a community in this nation of ours, such as the one perpetrated on the city of Uvalde, Texas, May 24, or the shootings earlier in May at a California church and a grocery store in Buffalo, we offer our thoughts and prayers.

Father Koch: The Trinity forms the first statement of our faith

Among the more challenging dogmas of the Church is that of the Trinity.

Commending our loved ones to God is an experience of hope

As I made plans to attend yet another wake for a beloved family member, ...


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